CIA World FactBook

The Kingdom of Yemen (colloquially known as North Yemen) became independent from the Ottoman Empire...

The landlocked West Bank -- the larger of the two Palestinian territories -- is home to...

The Trucial States of the Persian Gulf coast granted the UK control of their defense...

Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the remnants of the Ottoman Empire by reformer...

After World War I, France acquired a mandate over the northern portion of the former...

Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of Islam and home to Islam's two holiest shrines in...

Ruled by the Al Thani family since the mid-1800s, Qatar within the last 60 years...

The inhabitants of the area of present-day Oman have long prospered from Indian Ocean trade....

As a result of its location at the crossroads of three continents, the area that...

Kuwait has been ruled by the AL-SABAH dynasty since the 18th century. The threat of...

After World War I and the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, the League of Nations...