Paramilitary forces in the Middle East are some of the largest in the world. They work in a region where traditional military operations are often tied in with internal security or even tribal ...

In a region known for protracted conflicts having an army that can sustain prolonged conflict is crucial. The Middle East is ...

There was a time—was there not?—when the Left stood for something. A time when the so-called progressives, the self-anointed ...

Yemen’s Houthis are no longer just a local insurgency — they are going global. Once just one faction in the civil war in the ...

The Sunni rebels view Iran as their enemy and, of course, will not cooperate with it. As a result, the Shia crescent has been ...

Netanyahu says no Gaza truce unless hostage list released with only hours to go - The ceasefire deal was signed off by Israel’s government on Saturday morning - but attacks have continued on the Gaza ...

Some travelers love visiting countries that are statistically dangerous. Venturing across the pond is alluring and thrilling, ...

Islam is the state religion in Malaysia and Brunei ... Luzon) to tiny pinpoints on the map (Indonesia is said to comprise 17,000 islands). Because the interior of these islands were jungle clad and ...

I’d spent a lot of my youth going to church but religion didn’t click for ... I’m definitely going to Little Yemen for lunch. From illustrator Pablo Carlos Budassi, this is a circular map of the ...

This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway across the globe. Some of the more well-known examples ...

North Korea topped the list for the 23rd year, followed by Somalia, Yemen, Libya ... According to the Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa, quoted in the report, 30,880 civilians have ...

Child marriage spans continents, language, religion, caste. In India the girls will typically be attached to boys four or five years older; in Yemen, Afghanistan, and other countries with high ...