The major in Middle East studies provides students with the opportunity to deeply explore this region’s historical, political, social and cultural complexity. Broadly conceived, this geographical ...

Middle East studies at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville is facing scrutiny from the Arkansas legislature — a development that’s left faculty members worried another conservative state is ...

The Sykes-Picot Agreement was a secret treaty Britain and France signed more than a century ago. Many consider it to have seeded a legacy of strife in the Middle East. By Mark Landler Reporting from ...

Middle East news, arts, culture, and politics. Updates on Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Iran, OPEC, and the Persian Gulf states ...