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The region known as the Middle East has been conquered and reconquered by every super power in the West. This has created a region rich in a culture of resistance and thousands of ethnic groups looking for their piece of land. This has created a complicated region and Jpost's Middle East News simplifies it.

Yemen's Houthi followers brandish weapons and chant slogans as they take part in a protest against the Israeli air strikes on Yemen on December 27, 2024, in Sana'a, Yemen.

'The distance is truly enormous': Prof. Baram highlights key challenge in combat against Houthis

 A view of the damaged control tower of Sanaa Airport, one day after Israeli airstrikes hit the airport, in Sanaa, Yemen, December 27, 2024.

Explosions heard in Sana'a, Yemen - report

US Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew attends a Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, on February 18, 2024

US diplomat rebukes 'irresponsible' and 'inaccurate' report on famine in Gaza

 Iranian women walk on a street during the revival of morality police in Tehran, Iran, July 16, 2023

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala arrested in Iran, Italy says

By REUTERS
 A MEMBER of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stands along a street after rebels seized the capital and ousted Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, in Hasakah, earlier this month.

Assessing Turkish intentions after Assad's regime fall

 Newly appointed interim Governor of Damascus Maher Marwan. (Illustrative)

'We want peace': Damascus gov. says Syria wants better relations with Israel

Reported IAF strikes on the Bekaa valley, 27 December 2024

Israeli air force strikes Hezbollah smuggling routes on Syria-Lebanon border

 UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Antonio Guterres speaks to the media after visiting the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, last month.

UN's Guterres: Israeli strikes in Yemen are 'especially alarming'

 Smoke rises after Israeli strikes near Sana'a airport, in Sanaa, Yemen, December 26, 2024.

IAF conducts largest strike on Houthi targets since outbreak of war

 Rabbi Jacob Herzog flying to Damascus to meet with new Syrian Government officials, December 26, 2024.

Rabbi Jacob Herzog flies to Syria to congratulate, meet with Syrian officials

Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS) head Hamid Al-Shatri, in Damascus, Syria December 26, 2024

Middle East leaders flock to Damascus, discuss future with Syria's al-Julani

 Rebel fighters pose as they hold a Syrian opposition flag at the Umayyad Mosque, after rebels seized the capital and ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria December 9, 2024.

Projecting strength and tolerance: New Syrian gov't faces biggest test yet

 A Palestinian inspects the damage at the site of an Israeli strike, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, December 13, 2024.

Removing Hamas from central Gaza is the key to removing its leverage

 A Lebanese army soldier stands near UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) vehicles in Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, southern Lebanon October 29, 2024.

UNIFIL calls for IDF withdrawal from Lebanon, claims Israeli ceasefire violations

By REUTERS
 Hamas official Khalil Al-Hayya. (Illustrative)

Hayya takes helm of Hamas's al-Qassam Brigades as hostage talks near 'finish line'

 Two statues that were seized by Egyptian authorities.

Two men arrested in Egypt for trafficking hundreds of ancient artifacts

 SPENT BULLET CARTRIDGES lie on the ground after rebels seized Damascus and ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad this week.

Syrian forces suffer 14 casualties in ambush as unrest reaches Assad’s loyalist regions

 Security forces loyal to Yemen's Huthi movement march in the Huthi-run capital Sanaa in support of the Palestinians and against the US and Israel, on December 18, 2024.

What do the Houthis hope to achieve as they lash out on Israel?

 Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks on before a meeting with Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, in Tehran, Iran, August 26, 2024.

Iran shifts to foreign policy, but it has to shake violent past

 THE SIGN on UNRWA Headquarters in Gaza City is damaged amid the ongoing war. Says the writer: This UN agency deserves every sanction – it is corrupt, its actions encouraged terror and some of its workers were directly involved in October 7. Yet it provides health, education, etc.

UNRWA is a persistent challenge, not a solution

By AMI H. ORKABY
 An illustrative image of a Hezbollah flag in the backdrop of an individual holding a weapon.

Massive intel breach: How IDF blocked Hezbollah's doomsday attacks on Tel Aviv

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