Though the devout pursue their faith despite all obstacles, most sense of celebration was stripped of the region’s three ...

Tajik police have described the recent stabbing attack on the country’s state-backed Islamic leader an act of “hooliganism.” ...

Elections in the absolute monarchy are fraudulent, but saw support for Palestinian Hamas surge, with the Islamic Action Front ...

Hezbollah is a Shiite group, heavily militarized, infinitely more sophisticated than Hamas, infinitely better armed, and it obviously doesn’t have the sense of isolation. And in fact, in a relatively ...

Muslims initially prayed facing Jerusalem, but the Qibla, or prayer direction, was changed to Mecca in 624 CE. This change is ...

The method and scale of the latest Israeli killings may be new, but their idea of assassinating opponents goes far back.

President Trump and a small team of advisers led by Jared Kushner challenged the orthodoxy that had governed Middle East ...

The next eruption could surpass the brutality of both intifadas, fueled by Palestinians’ legitimate fear that annexation will ...

Farmers in NJ are working with producers in Ukraine, Sudan, Palestine, Yemen and other conflict areas to grow culturally ...

Jordan is one of the countries most affected by what is happening in the West Bank and Gaza. Security tensions and the forced displacement of Palestinians could lead to new waves of displacement ...

This week on Babel, Jon Alterman speaks with Hussein Ibish about popular mobilization across the Middle East since October ...

The Muslim Brotherhood is heading back into Jordanian politics, 30 years after being excluded following the 1994 peace deal ...