Walking around the world takes a village

What foods power a walk around the globe?

Protest music thrives in Iran, three years after young woman’s death sparked grassroots uprising

Is the Turkish president turning the lights out on democracy?

Examining the question: What is and isn’t antisemitic?

Here’s what to know about the new COVID variant ‘razor blade throat’

As Netanyahu and Khamenei face off, what’s the end game?

Two Palestinian artists recreate their beloved Gaza in virtual reality

Israeli police raid East Jerusalem bookstore, arresting Palestinian owners

Out of Eden Walk: A 12-year walk between oceans

‘Thank God, the nightmare is over’: A Syrian returns home to Damascus to witness celebration and struggle

In Gaza, people find moments of normalcy, joy and resilience despite the horrors of war

Seafood cultivated in a lab could help mitigate the next pandemic

Counting the civilian death toll in Gaza

US authorities arrest a former Syrian official in Los Angeles

Border communities remain nervous as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies

A pilgrimage turns to tragedy as scorching heat causes 1,300 people to die during the Hajj

Palestinian arrests in the West Bank have skyrocketed

Gaza war is putting Egyptian-Israeli relations to the test

What does the halting of a recent shipment of US weapons to Israel mean for the war in Gaza?

As Israel moves into Rafah, are ceasefire talks over? 

‘I’m processing’: Israelis and international tourists visit sites of Oct. 7 attacks 

Netanyahu says stopping the Gaza war now is ‘not an option’

His stepfather took him to Syria in 2014. His ordeal had just begun.

‘We have no future’: A Syrian woman speaks about her life with an American ISIS member

Israelis mark 6 months since attacks in the south of the country

‘There’s always a day after’: Former chief of staff in Israeli air force talks about an endgame in Gaza

‘We need to fix the country’: Israelis ponder a post-war future 

‘I am representing the Palestinian minority’: Palestinian Israeli politician on the future for both sides of the war and US role

‘I have to work to help my family’: Child laborers in Raqqa face dangerous conditions

For Palestinians, a grim reality in Gaza obscures the future

President Biden’s visit to Israel focuses on regional security 

Historic flight between Israel and the UAE lands in Abu Dhabi

Combating Extremist Ideology Since 9/11

Middle Eastern rift with Qatar looks set to continue indefinitely

Objects from Palestine are now enshrined at a makeshift museum in this Beirut refugee camp

Middle East’s First Female Photo Collective Focuses on Gender

How Jordan’s particle accelerator is bringing together Middle East enemies

Islam and the cosmos

Why moving the US embassy to Jerusalem is so controversial

More than 75 percent of terrorist attacks in 2016 took place in just 10 countries

‘Letters from Iraq’ told through music

Trump will be in Israel today. Can you find the country on a map?

Israel develops new ties with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states

Lula, a bear, and Simba, a lion, have been rescued from the Mosul zoo

A Syrian-American soul singer takes his music to Trump country

Trump’s approach to the Middle East

Women’s work

Why some Muslim Syrian refugees are converting to Christianity

The World’s music feature this week: Contrabanned at SXSW

Trump fans in Lebanon want to ‘make the Middle East great again’

These bomb detectors were proved phony years ago, yet they’re still used in the Middle East

America’s bond with Israel — its history and its current challenges

US foreign policy and the next president: Through the eyes of the world

American-born Al Qaeda leader killed in Yemen

President Obama announces complete withdrawal from Iraq by year’s end

After five years, Gilad Shalit is released by Hamas (with video)

U.S. foils Iran’s plot against Saudi ambassador

Israel to Palestinians: Only way to statehood is negotiation

Egypt looking for answers after 24 are killed in violence