Conflict in the Middle East has been escalating. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them.

Rising oil prices linked to the ongoing Middle East conflict are keeping US inflation stubbornly high. TD Asset Management’s Hafiz Noordin explains why meaningful rate relief may be delayed.

Americans could soon see higher gas prices as escalating tensions in the Middle East threaten a critical global oil choke point, raising fears of supply disruptions that could quickly reverberate ...

WASHINGTON — The USS Nimitz strike group is deploying to the Middle East amid ongoing strikes between Israel and Iran that threaten to develop into a broader conflict, a U.S. defense official ...

As fighting between Israel and Iran carries on for a second week, the United States continues to build up its already large presence in the Middle East. For the last 20 months, U.S. forces have sent ...

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 ...

WSJ’s Shelby Holliday breaks down the training, equipment and operations of the Marine Corps’ Expeditionary Units as several get deployed to the Middle East amid a war with Iran. Photo: Lance Cpl.

TEL AVIV, Israel — President-elect Donald Trump’s repeated warning that “all hell will break out” should Hamas not release all remaining hostages before he takes office is an example of how he “speaks ...

The State Department is urging Americans in several Middle East countries to leave the region as the United States and Israel increase strikes against Iran. Assistant Secretary of State for Consular ...

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Middle East news, arts, culture, and politics. Updates on Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Iran, OPEC, and the Persian Gulf states ...