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Through a blend of ideological ambition and a vast network of proxies, Iran’s influence is felt in places as varied as Beirut ...

Iran, once the heart of the great Persian Empire, sits in southwestern Asia, bordered to its east by Afghanistan and to its west by Iraq. Iran has one of the largest economies in the Middle East ...

The legendary Roman empire took in every country around the Mediterranean Sea (which the Romans called “Mare Nostrum”—”Our Sea.”) It was so powerful that it managed to last for 500 years in the West ...

It may seem like an odd pairing, but the friendship between the Iranian and Jewish communities isn’t new. Dating back to the ...

For nearly 50 years, Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean has been a critical part of the American global ...

The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah was a crucial victory for Arab Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate over the Sasanian Empire.

They contained the text, binding and 118 miniature paintings from Shah Tahmasp’s Shahnameh, a 16th-century Persian manuscript and one of the wonders of Islamic art. The Iranians handed over ...

The nature of the societal collapse and your individual needs and priorities will vary of course, but here are 7 of the best ...

Naval power in the Middle East is incredibly important for protecting not only the maritime borders of individual countries, ...