A video clip circulating on social media in recent months shows Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Shara, astride a handsome ...

At a more fundamental level, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states see a nuclear deal as central to achiev­ing a new balance of power in the Middle East.

The Middle East analyst Aaron David Miller on how the latest attacks on Iran have changed the balance of power in the region. Photograph by Atta Kenare/Getty Images A New Middle East?

The regional balance of power is shifting rapidly, with major players, including Arab states, Pakistan, and Turkey, now ...

Read all our coverage of the war in the Middle East This is a moment of transition in the Middle East. Iran is weakened. New governments in Syria and Lebanon want to keep it that way.

A new Trump Tower and Hotel, featuring luxury apartments and sky pools, is planned for construction in the Middle Eastern city of Dubai.

President Donald Trump is looking to expand the Abraham Accords to get more Arab nations to normalize relations with Israel, ...

However, the Middle East is a region where asymmetric disruption has already been a feature of conflict, and it is also likely to feel the impact of Ukraine’s disruptive innovations in warfare.

Ultimately, therefore, the Israel-Iran war is further evidence that the link between Middle East politics and energy prices has loosened, perhaps permanently.

The author, an independent Middle East analyst, argues that the balance of power has shifted in the Middle East since the October 7 Hamas attacks, with Israel becoming "the principal architect of ...

Analysts say that muted response without any apparent military aid is likely to disappoint Iran and reflects Russia’s diminished influence in the Middle East, where it already has lost a key ...