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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.

Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim men from the Iranian-backed group Kataib Hezbollah wave the party's flags as they walk along a street painted in the colours of the Israeli flag during a parade marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Baghdad

Iranian-backed militias in Iraq may stop attacking Israel

 People carry Hezbollah flags at a damaged site in Beirut's southern suburbs, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect, in Beirut, Lebanon November 27, 2024.

Is Lebanon’s government stepping up in Southern Lebanon?

 Head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and Syria's de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, sits next to Murhaf Abu Qasra, who according to an official source has been appointed as Defense Minister in Syria's interim government, in Damascus, Syria.

Syrian interim government names rebel commander as defense minister

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
 Illustrative image of a Syrian domino falling followed by a Jordanian domino.

Jordan outreach to new Syria government is turning point

 An illustrative image of the Syrian flag.

Israel and Turkey are shaping a new Syria from their borderlands

By Alisa Odenheimer/Bloomberg News/TNS , Selcan Hcaoglu/Bloomberg News/TNS
 An illustrative image of a Hezbollah flag in the backdrop of an individual holding a weapon.

Iran considering aerial routes to smuggle weapons to Hezbollah

  The Iranian flag flutters outside the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, March 6, 2023.

IRGC captain charged with murder and terrorism

 Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (C) and his wife Asma al-Assad (L) attend the opening ceremony of the 2022 Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on September 23, 2023.

Bashar al-Assad's wife files for divorce, seeks to move to UK

 	 download high resolution download low resolution add to lightbox file name: F241218MA52  File Size: 6139 KB  caption (en): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the courtroom at the Distrcit court in Tel Aviv, before the start of his testimony in the trial, December 18, 2024

Netanyahu likely to choose IDF's intel over Mossad's, delay direct strike on Iran

 Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, rally to show support to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen December 20, 2024

US has decided to increase activity against Houthis, sources tell 'Post'

 Newly recruited fighters who joined a Houthi military force intended to be sent to fight in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, march during a parade in Sanaa, Yemen December 2, 2023.

What's the difference between Yemen and the Houthis?

 Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt shakes hands with Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 22, 2024.

Syria's de facto ruler reassures minorities, meets Lebanese Druze leader

By REUTERS
Bullets and Iranian Rial bills are seen placed over the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran (illustrative)

Iranian Rial hits record low as economic woes mount

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
 Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meets with Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, in Damascus, Syria, December 22, 2024.

Turkey's foreign minister meets HTS leader in Damascus

By REUTERS
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attends the D-8 summit in Cairo.

Iran uses D-8 economic summit to push anti-US, anti-Israel agenda

 IRAN’S SUPREME Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends Friday prayers and a memorial ceremony for Hassan Nasrallah in Tehran earlier this month.

Iran's Khamenei downplays need for proxies across Middle East

 Oil pump on background of flag of Iran.

'Catastrophic': Sanctions, Israeli strike pose Iran with dire energy crisis

 Gunmen stand during the funeral of Palestinian Ribhi Shalabi, who was killed in clashes with Palestinian Authority forces, in Jenin camp in the West Bank, December 10, 2024.

'End the aggression': Hamas, allies demand PA halt Jenin terror crackdown

 A Hamas terrorists in front of hostage posters. (Illustrative)

Israel requests 34 hostages in first phase of deal, including 11 off-limits by Hamas

 A Houthi follower wears a vest portraying the Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi during a parade held as part of a 'popular army' mobilization campaign by the movement, in Sanaa, Yemen February 7, 2024.

Israel should strike Houthi leadership, anti-Houthi Yemeni figures say

 AL HUDAYADAH, YEMEN - JULY 20: In this handout screengrab released by the Houthi group Media Center on July 20, 2024, a fire rises after airstrikes carried out by Israeli warplanes targeting oil storage facilities in the port city of Al Hudaydah, Yemen.

CENTCOM conducting strikes on Houthi military facilities in Yemen's Sana'a

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