Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Palestine and radical Islam. So many of the problems of today’s Middle East can be traced to the events of one turbulent year: 1979. This was the year of Ayatollah Khomeini’s ...

More than 6 million Syrians fled their homeland during that country’s almost 14-year-long civil war. Other nations took them in. It was the humanitarian thing to do, and it fulfilled their ...

Prince Mohammed still remains the immediate heir to a stouthearted young King whose perpetually threatened life is all that keeps alive the dynasty of the Hashemites. *A gentle and cultivated man ...