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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.

 Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency William Burns. (Illustrative)

CIA chief leaves Qatar as hostage talks fail to make progress - Washington Post

 GERMANS TAKE part in a counter-protest against a right-wing demonstration in Berlin, on December 14.

West's leadership crisis is different in Israel

 Members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after US-backed alliance led by Syrian Kurdish fighters captured Deir el-Zor, in Syria December 7, 2024

Syrian Kurdish commander: Non-Syrian Kurdish fighters to leave if total truce agreed with Turkey

By REUTERS
Military personnel stand guard at a nuclear facility in the Zardanjan area of Isfahan, Iran, April 19, 2024

US imposes sanctions on Iran and Houthi-related targets

By REUTERS
 Ayatollah Khamenei attends the fourth night of ceremonies on the anniversary of the death of Fatima al-Zahra, the Prophet Muihammad's daughter, in Tehran December 5, 2024.

Khamenei's gamble: The crumbling pillars of the Islamic Republic

 Silhouette of a man wearing headphones behind a laptop against a background of the Yemeni flag and flying missiles (illustrative)

The unique brutality of Yemen's Houthi intelligence services

 Top rebel commander Abu Mohammed al-Julani speaks to a crowd at Ummayad Mosque in Damascus, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad, Syria December 8, 2024.

Julani tells BBC: This is not Afghanistan, we will educate women

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

Two main issues left to be resolved in negotiations, Hamas sources say

 Members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after US-backed alliance led by Syrian Kurdish fighters captured Deir el-Zor, in Syria December 7, 2024

Kurds in Syria hope Israel's support extends beyond words

 Achraf Al Jamal, a displaced Palestinian man who fled Jabalia due to an Israeli military operation, looks on as people fill containers with water, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City October 19, 2024.

'Act of genocide': HRW says Israel's water cuts killed thousands of Palestinians

By REUTERS
 A man takes pictures of a raging fire at oil storage tanks a day after Israeli strikes on the port of Yemen's Houthi-held city of Hodeida on July 21, 2024. Yemen's Huthi rebels on July 21 promised a "huge" retaliation against Israel following a deadly strike on the port of Hodeida.

Israeli airstrikes kill nine in Yemen, Houthi TV says

By REUTERS
 The silhouette of a man, seen over the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran (illustrative)

Large-scale infiltration: Shin Bet reveals 12 instances of espionage on behalf of Iran

By Avi Ashkenazi
 (Illustrative) An AI-generated image of Ayatollah Khamenei sniffing a flower

Khamenei makes cryptic post about Iranian women on X

 PEOPLE CELEBRATE the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, in Sednaya, Syria, this week. The spectacular collapse of the Assad regime has introduced both uncertainty and opportunity, the writer notes.

In Syria’s Sednaya prison, waiting for loved ones: Many missing, many dead

By Rizik Alabi/The Media Line
 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar during a situational assessment on Mount Hermon. December 17, 2024.

IDF avoiding striking Syria where American Austin Tice may be

By Walla!
  Pages from an abandoned Syrian army booklets left by Bashar al-Assad's fleeing forces, photos taken in December 2024.

'Post' unveils Syrian army logs documenting final days of Assad regime

 Iran's Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani speaks at the United Nations Security Council meeting, following a ballistic missile attack on Israel, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., October 2, 2024.

Iran’s self-delusion: Tehran scrambles to fix Syria ties after Assad's fall

 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and Abu Mohammed al-Jolani. (Illustrative)

‘Jewlani the Jew’: Conspiracies on HTS leader run rampant on social media

 Iranian flag with stock graph and an oil pump jack miniature model are seen in this illustration taken October 9, 2023.

IRGC oil empire: Revolutionary Guards extend control over Tehran's oil exports

By REUTERS
 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a graduation ceremony for armed forces officers at the Imam Ali academy in Tehran, Iran October 10, 2023

Khamenei: After Syria developments, Israel 'gravely mistaken' thinking uprising over

 A rally calling for the release of the Israeli hostages held captive by Hamas in Gaza, at the Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, December 14, 2024

Gaza hostage deal can be reached within a month, sources tell 'Post'

By AMICHAI STEIN
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