Maps of the region use the naming of places ... This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway across the globe. Some of the more well-known examples include disputes ...

it set off a chain of events that has moved the Middle East into a dangerous spiral of conflict and perilously close to all-out war. From the air and ground operation that Israel launched in a ...

The overthrow of other dictators in the region has led not to democracy but to terror and upheaval. Will Syria be different? If you have a mental map of the Middle ...