And here is the uncomfortable reality: future Middle Eastern wars may not begin with rockets. They will begin with shortages.

"These countries hate each other, they might strike at each other, but they know enough to pull back and I think that's what you're seeing here," said Dr. Justin P. Coffey, a history professor at ...

A decade after Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates led a joint military campaign to curb Iran’s influence in Yemen, the two allies now find themselves pitted against each other there.

If at first you don't succeed, make more problems for yourself. That seems to be the mantra in Washington when it comes to the Middle East. Every few years, a U.S. president asks Americans to go along ...

For decades, predictions about a war with Iran carried an air of inevitability: Analysts warned a conflict would close the ranks of the Iranian military and political elite, unite the Iranian people ...

Ultimately, the war has shredded more than a few assumptions about Israeli strategic and military limitations. Exactly twenty-four months after the October 7 massacre that ignited the October 7 War, ...

Iran’s designs have defined the region for decades. With the country weakened, the puzzle is what comes next. Credit...Photo illustration by Alex Merto Supported by By Neil MacFarquhar Reporting from ...

The surprise attack that Israel launched against Iran in the early hours of June 13 initiated one of history’s most ingenious, complex, and successful campaigns. A tiny country, its population barely ...

In these books, soldiers and experts weigh in on the disorder they’ve found in some of the most consequential war rooms in the world. By Thomas E. Ricks Thomas E. Ricks, the Book Review’s military ...

President Donald Trump celebrated "peace in the Middle East" after he signed the historic peace agreement that ended two years of fighting in Gaza. "At long last, we have peace in the Middle East, and ...

President Donald Trump is not like his predecessors. Confronting a hostile regime in Tehran that has played American presidents for 35 years, the commander in chief took decisive action on Saturday to ...

Editor’s Note: This story was updated to include coauthors. We regret the error. The “12-day war” between Iran and Israel, as coined by President Trump, may ...