US Rep. Thomas Massie  warned that a war in the Middle East could become the Trump administration’s “biggest and most costly blunder,” as he

The UAE said one of its ships was targeted by an Iranian missile, Yemen’s military has attacked Houthi rebels as the United Nations warns that fighting could escalate, and Turkey’s Kurdish peace bill wins approval in parliament.

Conflict in the Middle East has been escalating. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them.

Beyond these main players, other Axis-aligned groups hail from Afghanistan and Pakistan, with claimed activity taking place within Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states as well, most notably Bahrain, the only member of the Arabian Peninsula bloc with a Shiite Muslim majority.

The Middle East is often rife with armed conflict and tensions, particularly in the last several months, as the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its allies in the region. It's no surprise that American citizens are discouraged from traveling to the Middle East.

About half of the nations ensnared by the Iran conflict currently lack a Senate-confirmed leader of their US embassy.

Forbes Middle East’s sixth annual Top 100 CEOs list spotlights the executives leading the region’s most impactful organizations. As architects of growth and transformation, these leaders are doing more than delivering business results — they are driving innovation,

"Spider-Man: Brand New Day" has broken box office records across the Middle East, scoring the region’s biggest opening of all time, according to Empire Entertainment, which serves as exclusive theatrical distributor for Sony Pictures across the region.

The U.S. Department of War on Friday released video of what appears to be an unidentified flying object moving through the air last year in the Middle East.