War in the Middle East is expanding after the United States and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday, and Tehran retaliated with strikes against several of its neighbors, including US-allied Gulf states.

Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt are forging alliances, reshaping Middle East politics as old enemies fade and new regional ties emerge.

Mapping the Middle East explores the many perspectives from which people have visualized the vast area lying between the Atlantic Ocean and the Oxus and Indus river valleys over the past millennium. By analysing maps produced from the eleventh century on ...

Middle East airspace closures have created a visible gap in global flight paths, forcing long-haul reroutes, increasing fuel costs and disruption, with potential knock-on effects for schedules and fares worldwide.

In this interactive map, David McCandless charts the key players in the Middle East and the relationships between them. Alireza Doostdar argues that ISIS is more a product of war and instability than Salafist ideology. Ahmed Ezzat examines the motives and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United States announced on Wednesday that it is preparing a partial evacuation of its embassy in Iraq and has authorised “the voluntary departure” of dependants of American ...

The war in Iran continues to cause aviation chaos in the Middle East and beyond, with planes remaining grounded in one of the world’s busiest travel regions.

With cancellations, airspace closures, and diversions disrupting thousands of flights across the Gulf, these are the flight tracking apps every traveller needs right now.

The Middle Eastern conflict has wreaked havoc on commercial aviation.