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WASHINGTON: Recent strikes against Yemen's Houthis are unlikely to end the threat they pose to international shipping, with the Iran-backed rebels having already survived years of heavy aerial bombardment by Gulf states. US and British forces

The latest strike in Yemen comes a day after dozens of US and UK strikes on the Iran-backed Houthi group's facilities there.

Days after the US killed a suspected militant leader in Baghdad, Iraq's prime minister called for a "quick" timeline for US and coalition forces to leave.

Join for a discussion on the progress women have made across five countries in the Middle East in terms of literacy and higher education as well as uneven strides in employment and social freedoms.

Saudi Arabia has embarked on a grand experiment—a Middle East version of “if you build it, they will come.” Facing an existential threat to oil, the...

Two decades of war in the Middle East, a war that much of the American public is eager to move on from, have made military leaders cautious when talking about battlefields that have claimed thousands of service members' lives.

Baznas prepares 300 scholarships for students who pass the selection.

Washington is facing an increasingly complex and dangerous crisis resulting from the Israel-Hamas war, which has sparked repeated militant attacks and drawn US military attention and assets back to the Middle East.The United States has shifted significant military assets to the Middle East since October 7, but that does not necessarily undermine efforts in the Asia-Pacific region.

Washington is facing an increasingly complex and dangerous crisis resulting from the Israel-Hamas war, which has sparked repeated militant attacks and drawn US military attention and assets back to the Middle East.

The World Affairs Council of Maine will host a panel discussion with three retired U.S. ambassadors who have deep experience in the Middle East.