Animated map showing the location of major US bases in the Middle East, near Iran. 3D reconstruction produced by AFP. The ...

Countries and cities: Map key -- Regional satellite map -- Regional physical map -- Regional political map -- Afghanistan -- Bahrain -- Cyprus -- Egypt -- Iran ...

A pair of Japan-based U.S. destroyers has been operating in the Indian Ocean over the past month, as the Pentagon is enhancing its military presence in the nearby Middle East. Meanwhile, another ...

Trump says US ‘armada’ is heading towards the Gulf, raising fears of a military escalation in the region.

Most Americans are unaware that today’s Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats (Sykes and Picot) after World War I to advance their empires’ economic and ...

The overthrow of other dictators in the region has led not to democracy but to terror and upheaval. Will Syria be different? If you have a mental map of the Middle ...

While the twentieth century's conflicting visions and exploitation of the Middle East are well documented, the origins of the concept of the Middle East itself have been largely ignored. With ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christine Leuenberger, Cornell University (THE CONVERSATION) Maps are ubiquitous – on ...