The First Balkan War marked a decisive collapse of Ottoman power in Europe as a loose regional alliance launched a ...

Inside Constantinople on Northwest 21st Avenue, a lush dining room welcomes patrons with glowing Turkish mosaic lamps and an ...

The Middle East is a raging inferno with Saudi Arabia warning Iran of retaliation after it hit Riyadh. Shia powerhouse Iran ...

I. A Revealing Moment Not all great historical shifts are forged on battlefields. More often, history moves in the silence of ...

The sands of Iraq and mountains of Afghanistan reminded the US military that geography played a decisive role in conflict.

In this worldview, the “Middle East” lay between the “Near East” (the Balkans) and the “Far East” (China and Japan). What we ...

In a city where thousands of buildings lack safe rooms offering protection from Iranian rockets, many residents run to ...

Ancient 1,500-Year-Old Landmark Hides Network of Tunnels Below ...

The resonant sounds of The Newberry Consort filled the halls of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Evanston and transported the audience across centuries of the Ottoman Empire on Sunday. The Newberry ...

The current catastrophe in West Asia and the surrounding Arab world is not an accident of history, but a direct consequence ...

The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has now entered its fourth week. The de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iranian forces is being felt worldwide, as shipments of oil, natural gas and fertilizer ...