However, with the collapse of the Islamic Republic’s hegemonic project, the Middle East is poised for significant changes.

By leveraging Turkey’s military power, economic influence and ideological appeal, Erdogan seeks to position Ankara as the ...

For centuries the area was given life by the spring floodwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, but the marshes have been ...

Steven Simon is a Distinguished Fellow and Visting Professor at Dartmouth College and a senior fellow at the Quincy Institute ...

The renewed negotiations between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers Party, which Turkey has been trying to suppress for 40 years, are part of the war in the Middle East--which has escalated with the ...

From the largest war in Europe since World War II continuing in Ukraine to a series of escalations upending the Middle East, ...

The overthrow of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad regime has opened the door to new dynamics in the Middle East, regional analysts say ...

The war that Hamas launched on October 7, 2023, has inspired jihadists around the world. Chants of ‘globalize the intifada’ lead Western extremists ...

Al-Monitor's top articles of 2024 delivered exclusive reporting on the Middle East's tumultuous year. From Assad's fall in ...

Foroud Asgari said that Turkey was Iran’s fourth top export destination in the mentioned eight-month period. Exporting commodities valued at $7.8 billion to Iran, Turkey was Iran’s third top source of ...

A few developments over the past week bode ill for the Middle East’s sectarian rivalries, with implications for U.S. strategy in the region. On Dec. 27, ...