Regional conflicts such as Gaza and Ukraine, along with tensions between the US and China, Israel and Iran and Russia and ...

Learn about the major world events and happenings, birthdays, and deaths that took place on July 04. Check what happened ...

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 ...

Modern Muslim tyrannies always lose. A one-by-one survey of five of the Muslim nations whose commonality is hating Israel: ...

T he Armenian genocide was the mass murder of up to one million Armenians during the First World War. Sometimes called the ...

What sparked the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I? In this episode, Kings and Generals dives into the complex causes behind the Arab uprising — from long-standing ...

The Russian Empire implemented some military reforms during the decade that predated the WWI. Yet in 1914, the Russian army was ill-equipped for a major war.

In the Middle East, British, French and Russian forces, along with local allies, defeated the Ottoman Empire through a number of offensives and campaigns, culminating in the Battle of Megido in 1918.

The Ottoman Empire, which controlled the straits, was the wild card. German coffers trumped Allied ones, and by late 1914, the Ottomans counted themselves among the Central Powers.