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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.

 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.

Houthis say fuel tanker in the Red Sea targeted with missiles

 SAUDI CROWN Prince Mohammed bin Salman greets US President Joe Biden in Jeddah, last year. Strategically, the crown prince’s openness on the nuclear issue is the most reasonable way to handle the situation, says the writer.

This new, ambitious plan by the Saudi Crown Prince may involve Israel

By DR. YARON FRIEDMAN
 Smoke rises from Syria's Kurdish-controlled northeast city of Qamishli, Syria October 5, 2023.

Israeli missiles destroy Hezbollah warehouse in Syria

 A CROWD in Tehran watches an address, on the screen by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in November. Hezbollah is virtually a state within a state, sucking the lifeblood out of Lebanon at the instigation of Iran, says the writer.

Lebanese man caught at US border says he's part of Hezbollah

Royal Jordanian Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft fighter pilots fly alongside a US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft while waiting to connect for fuel over Jordan. October 19, 2009.

Jordan scrambled fighter jets over 'unknown' aerial threat

 Un hombre sostiene un arma, mientras partidarios Houthi se reúnen para conmemorar diez combatientes Houthi muertos por la Marina de los EE.UU. en el Mar Rojo, en Sanaa, Yemen 5 de enero 2024.

Iran's far reaching influence: Are the Houthis getting leverage via attacks?

 Iran has disrupted online television services and replaced them with a fake news video

Iran’s president wants new focus on artificial intelligence

 A drone carries a Hezbollah flag, May 21, 2023

Tehran claims to be ‘self-sufficient’ in building drone engines

 South Africa chief rabbi Warren Goldstein.

S. Africa is diplomatic Iran proxy, Africa faces Hamas-like jihad - top rabbi

 US ENVOY Amos Hochstein (L) meets with Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati in Beirut, March 4.

No truce in Gaza, what about south Lebanon? Voices from the Arab press

By THE MEDIA LINE
 Women members of Basij paramilitary forces attend a rally in support of Palestinians, in Tehran, Iran, November 24, 2023.

Iranian official calls for forming international coalition against Israel at NY UN meeting

 Mossad Director David Barnea speaks during a Conference of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), in Tel Aviv, on September 10, 2023.

Mossad chief expected to resume Gaza ceasefire talks in Doha on Sunday

 A protester carries a mock drone as demonstrators, predominantly Houthi supporters, rally to show support to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Sanaa, Yemen February 16, 2024.

Yemen’s Houthis obtain hypersonic missile, upgrade weapons arsenal

 A CROWD in Tehran watches an address, on the screen by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in November. Hezbollah is virtually a state within a state, sucking the lifeblood out of Lebanon at the instigation of Iran, says the writer.

Hezbollah tells Iran it would fight alone in any war with Israel

By REUTERS
Former Mujahideen hold weapons to support Afghan forces in their fight against Taliban, on the outskirts of Herat province, Afghanistan July 10, 2021.

Afghanistan invests $35M in Iran’s Chabahar seaport

By ARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE
 Armed men stand on the beach as the Galaxy Leader commercial ship, seized by Yemen's Houthis last month, is anchored off the coast of al-Salif, Yemen, December 5, 2023

Merchant vessel struck by missile west of Yemen's al Hudaydah

By REUTERS
 An Iranian military ship takes part in an annual drill in the coastal area of the Gulf of Oman and near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran, in this picture obtained on December 31, 2022.

Iran using European ports to smuggle arms to Hezbollah

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appoints Mohammad Mustafa as prime minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA), in Ramallah, in the West Bank March 14, 2024

Mahmoud Abbas appoints new Palestinian Authority prime minister

By REUTERS
 Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, speaks during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the death of senior Iranian military commander Mohammad Hejazi, in Tehran, Iran April 14, 2022.

Israel 'terrified' of West Bank during Ramadan - Iran's Quds Force chief

 Palestinian schoolgirls read books in a library at school run by UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) in Silwan in east Jerusalem October 10, 2018.

Palestinian textbooks feature misogyny funded by Europe, report finds

 Hibaaq Osman (L) meets with Karama staff members. (Courtesy)

More women secure senior positions in UAE, Egypt, as MENA region struggles with gender gap

By THE MEDIA LINE
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