One of the most immediate and obvious changes that WWI brought about was the collapse of longstanding empires. But what ...

New alliances and coalitions are brewing as we speak and the region by virtue of its geography, history and clashing ideologies will be a fount of global turbulence for the foreseeable future." – Mike ...

In the 16th century, the Ottoman Empire extended its influence all the way to Southeast Asia, forging alliances and ...

Mehmed II, known as "The Conqueror," transformed the Ottoman Empire into a dominant Muslim superpower through military genius, administrative reform, and the monumental conquest of Constantinople.

At the height of its power, Islam once controlled vast territories: from Morocco to China and from Russia down to sub-Saharan Africa. The rise of the European colonial empires, notably those of ...

Although it often ranks number two as a city in Greece, Thessaloniki is number one in the country when it comes to Greek ...

Such exchange is the locus of the Frist Art Museum’s summer show Venice and the Ottoman Empire, a traveling exhibition of ...

When the dust settled, the March massacre claimed the lives of at least 1,700 Alawites. Ziad, currently in Lebanon and ...

I have a very good relationship with President Erdogan. He’s a friend of mine. We have a lot of respect for each other.” ...

Around seven ethnic Armenian fighters from the YPJ (Women’s Defense Unit) sit quietly on sofas around me, smiling gently when ...

How Turkey is destabilizing the Indian subcontinent in pursuit of an Islamic caliphate.The post Greater Bangladesh? appeared first on JNS.org.

Revenge attacks against deposed president Assad’s heterodox Alawite sect led local evangelicals to model reconciliation ...