Middle East Archive

The two major oil-producing competitors of the Middle East, Iran and Saudi Arabia, have agreed to reestablish ties and reopen embassies seven years after relations were cut. Riyadh

Dozens of schoolgirls have been hospitalized in Iran following an apparent poisoning, the latest in a string of alleged attacks. In the previous three months, hundreds of episodes of respiratory distress

Three survivors have been rescued from the rubble 11 days after a devastating earthquake in Turkey that has killed more than 45,000 people. Despite the fact that many

The United States has declared a 180-day halt to its sanctions on Syria in an effort to expedite aid deliveries to the country’s northwestern region, where almost no

Iran has proposed to offer limited amnesty to a number of people jailed during protests than have rocked the country for months. Thousands have been detained in the country during