As the Trump administration reimagines the United States' posture in the three-year-old Russia-Ukraine war, the scholarship ...

AT PENPOINTThe visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Pakistan was not just friendly and fraternal, but it ...

From a Persian prince to the American “jeweler to the stars,” the world’s largest cut blue diamond has a lengthy history.

The Great Siege of Malta by Marcus Bull upends the myth of the Knights of Malta and their last stand of 1565.

Serbia was sandwiched between arch-rivals: the expansionist Ottoman Sultanate and Hungary, the first line of formal defense for Central and Western Europe. Western Europe was, by turns ...

The Battle of Navarino on October 20, 1827 sits between two eras. As the first steam-powered ships took to the seas, two ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: As a result of Ottoman control, much of the trade between Europe and the Middle East passed through Istanbul or Aleppo, decreasing the importance of..

Since the 15th century, Greece had been ruled by the Ottoman Empire, whose troops had converted the Acropolis into a garrison, and whose sultan, Mehmed II, had turned the Parthenon itself into a ...

On a hill that commands views over Istanbul, the Süleymaniye Mosque is an awe-inspiring testament to Ottoman architectural brilliance and Islamic art. Commissioned by Sultan Suleiman the ...