This is a moment of transition in the Middle East. Iran is weakened. New governments in Syria and Lebanon want to keep it ...

Video of a child escaping a burning building after an Israeli airstrike garnered widespread attention online. We found her in ...

A little girl seen emerging from the flames of an Israeli strike in Gaza recalls the moment "fire filled the sky," killing her mother and siblings.

The Rub' al-Khali desert was thought to be an endless sea of sand, but one 1998 discovery has shed light on a 5,000-year-old ...

President Donald Trump embarks Monday on the first major international trip of his second term — an opportunity to shore up relations with a trio of key Middle Eastern allies and prove his might ...

The 77th Cannes Film Festival once again transformed the French Riviera into a dazzling spectacle of cinema and high fashion. As the world’s most prestigious red carpet welcomed stars from across the ...

Saudi Arabia is the first stop on a four-day trip to the Middle East for Mr. Trump, and he was greeted on the tarmac at the airport in Riyadh by the kingdom's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed ...

Amira El-Fekki is a Newsweek reporter based in Dubai. Her focus is reporting on politics and society in the Middle East. She has in depth knowledge of Arab communities and has covered human rights ...

Amir Daftari is a Newsweek reporter based in London, specializing in global affairs with a focus on the Middle East. He joined Newsweek in 2024 from the United Nations and has previously worked at ...

Wang also attended the Sir Bani Yas Forum, a platform that hosts foreign policy officials from around the world to discuss security and stability in the Middle East. In the last few days of ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. The United States maintains a considerable military presence in the Middle East, with forces in more than a dozen countries and on ships ...

President Donald Trump went big yet again Tuesday in Saudi Arabia, rattling off several promising developments and lofty plans for a peaceful, prosperous Middle East. Wish him luck fulfilling that ...