This is the eleventh part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia — to spend some ...

Donald Trump's proposal to "take over" Gaza and relocate its population has raised concerns about potential regional instability. But how are the conflicts in the Levant rooted in its history of ...

Built on a limestone foundation, Valletta housed defense systems in deep tunnels during WWII that saved Malta and Allied ...

The railway soon became a target of Arab fighters in an armed uprising during World War I backed by Britain, France and other Allied forces that eventually took down the Ottoman Empire.

Spread across Türkiye from the Bosporus and Aegean coast to eastern Anatolia are incredible under-the-radar museums that often get overlooked by travelers.

While excavating Visegrád Citadel, a 13th-century fortress north of Budapest, Hungary, that was once a royal residence, archaeologists uncovered a trove of military history. Inside a filled-in moat, ...

A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital, an essential link between Europe and the Arabian ...

The "Armenian Smyrna/Izmir The Aegean Communities" volume was the outcome in a series of research topics explored in ...

Eleven works from the Vatican Apostolic Library are featured in the second Islamic Arts Biennale, held from January 25 to May ...

Partial transcript of a debate among King Farouk I of Egypt, President Shukri Kuwatly of Syria, President Bechara Khoury of ...

Military reserve forces in the Middle East make up an important component of any army within the region. These units provide additional manpower and capabilities to regular military forces, should the ...

Ottoman power began to decline in the late 16th century. The Ottoman Empire sided with Germany in World War I (1914–18); postwar treaties dissolved the empire, and in 1922 the sultanate was ...