The Pentagon is building up the largest force of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades.

Animated map of the Middle East, showing the location of major US bases in the region, near Iran. 3D reconstruction produced by AFP. The topographic data used for this animation was provided by AW3D ...

Recall the image etched in memory: a bulldozer driven by fighters of the self-proclaimed Islamic State smashing through the earthen berm on the Iraq-Syria border, militants cheering atop the machine.

WSJ’s Shelby Holliday explains the massive U.S. military presence in the Middle East as President Trump amps up pressure on Iran over its nuclear program. Illustration: Ryan Trefes The Pentagon is ...

WSJ’s Shelby Holliday explains the massive U.S. military presence in the Middle East as President Trump amps up pressure on Iran over its nuclear program. Illustration: Ryan Trefes The Pentagon has ...

A feud between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates is reshaping conflicts and alliances across the Middle East and Africa. By Vivian Nereim Reporting from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia For years, Saudi ...

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Using advanced machine-learning and climate models, researchers have shown that the ancestors of crops like wheat, barley, and rye probably were much less widespread in the Middle East 12,000 years ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is sending the largest force of American warships and aircraft to the Middle East in decades, including two aircraft carrier strike groups, as President Donald Trump ...

“A PRINCE OUGHT to inspire fear,” wrote Niccolo Machiavelli, but “he must endeavour only to avoid hatred”, lest it prove his undoing. By that measure Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, is ...