At the time, it referred to the catastrophic failure of a war launched to eliminate any possibility of Jewish statehood and, ...

Israel is no longer the beleaguered outpost of democracy it once was, but an all-conquering and expanding Goliath. And in the long run, Israel is no friend of Uncle Sam.

Thousands of Western citizens joined the Israeli military in its war on Gaza that killed over 72,000 Palestinians.

PM Yizhak Rabin's words on Gazans while an ambassador, before he became a Nobel Peace Prize winner, seem to have been echoed ...

Returning to the origins of modern Middle Eastern warfare, we trace how British withdrawal from Mandatory Palestine opened ...

A dive team explores the submerged B-29 bomber at Lake Mead, a WWII relic preserved underwater since 1948.

The post How Global Tensions Defined the 1956 Cortina Olympics appeared first on HISTORY.

One year of fighting redrew borders and created lasting instability. This episode follows how the 1948 war transformed the region produced mass displacement and laid the foundations for decades of ...

I resigned over the executive director's decision to halt the publication of a report on the right of return for Palestinian ...

Asharq Al Awsat Israel has taken steps ‌to help settlers acquire land in the occupied West Bank and widen its powers in parts ...

The centuries-old craft historically served as a form of visual language and cultural identity, with specific patterns and colors indicating the wearer’s regional origin, social ranking and marital ...

As Sri Lanka commemorates 78 years of Independence, the island nation reflects on a journey marked by resilience, progress, ...