The Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats after World War I, and the recent collapse ...

As rebels in Syria make new advances against government forces, Newsweek has mapped the political stances of the rest of the region. Since the conflict escalated in 2012, the Syrian civil war has ...

Will Syria be different? If you have a mental map of the Middle East, rip it up. The overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria by a coalition of Islamist fighters changes everything.