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

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.

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"Iran seeks to establish its position in the emerging regional order as a determining power," an Iranian analyst told Newsweek.

NAPLES, Italy — For the first time in more than two decades there are three aircraft carriers, along with hundreds of Navy aircraft and thousands of sailors and Marines, deployed to the Middle East, U.S. officials said Friday. The arrival of USS George H ...

Middle Eastern oil exporters are scrambling to explore alternative routes to get their oil and gas exports out of the region. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered a huge energy supply crisis. Experts say Iran's gambit with the Strait of Hormuz ...

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.