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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.

  Palestinians carry bags of flour they grabbed from an aid truck near an Israeli checkpoint, as Gaza residents face crisis levels of hunger, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, February 19, 2024.

Turkey launches largest aid mission to Gaza yet

 Esmail Qaani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, speaks in Tehran, Iran April 14, 2022

New threats from Iran’s IRGC Quds Force chief

  Greek-flagged bulk cargo vessel Sea Champion is docked to the port of Aden, Yemen to which it arrived after being attacked in the Red Sea in what appears to have been a mistaken missile strike by Houthi militia, February 21, 2024

Iran creating multi-front war with Israel as Houthi's naval attacks escalate

 British-Iranian journalist and human rights activist, Vahid Beheshti sits outside Britain's Foreign Office in London, Britain April 10, 2023.

'We are ready': Iranian people send message of support to Israel

By MAARIV
 A woman in Zahedan holds a sign reading "What you’ve washed with blood is my dear soul."

Iranian Baloch human rights activist at risk of deportation from Sweden - report

A rainbow coloured placard in the colors of the LGBT flag [Illustrative]

'Queer in Gaza' campaign aims to raise awareness about Hamas LGBTQ+ persecution

 An artistic illustration of Iran and the US negotiating over missiles, nuclear enrichment, and more.

US urges Iran to dilute all its near-weapons-grade uranium

By REUTERS
 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' attack could signal the start of a larger Middle East war

Iranian Navy ships on a training exercise

Iran seeks to create ‘strategic depth’ in the Mediterranean

 A Houthi follower holds a rocket launcher as others carry a cutout banner, portraying the Galaxy Leader cargo ship which was seized by Houthis, during a parade as part of a 'popular army' mobilization campaign by the movement, in Sanaa, Yemen, February 7, 2024.

Three killed in Houthi missile attack on cargo ship

 Pro-Israel students at the University of Berkeley demonstrate next to Pro-Palestinian students.

UC Berkeley is under federal investigation over the recent disruption of an Israeli speaker

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
 THEN-US president Barack Obama watches a cultural event alongside then-Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad in Ramallah, in 2013.

Former PA PM says two-state solution still possible

By RAPHAEL COHEN-ALMAGOR
 Brine water flows into the Mediterranean Sea after passing through a desalination plant in the coastal city of Hadera.

After slamming Israel, Jordan now wants more Israeli water

 PROTESTERS, MAINLY Houthi supporters, rally to show support for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen, this past Friday.

Yemen's people and leaders are getting tired of the Houthi problem

People gesture during the funeral of Hezbollah members Ali Ftouni and Hussam Ibrahim, who died during Israeli shelling on south Lebanon yesterday, in Khirbit Silm, southern Lebanon October 10, 2023.

Hezbollah is getting stronger and its threat is growing: What can Israel do?

 Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan and Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi shake hands following a press conference in Ankara, Turkey January 24, 2024.

Seven arrested in Turkey for alleged 'collaboration' with Israel's Mossad

 Over 38,000 Meals Ready to Eat and water destined for an airdrop over Gaza are loaded aboard a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, March 1, 2024. U.S. Air Force

Pentagon to 'Post': Israel did not inspect food, aid airdropped over Gaza

By TOVAH LAZAROFF , HANNAH SARISOHN
 A CONTAINER SHIP sails near the Suez Canal Bridge, known as the ‘Peace Bridge.’ The Hamas-Israel war  is causing severe damage to the Egyptian economy, with the most impacted sectors being the Suez Canal and tourism, the writer says.

Yemen's Houthis target container vessel in Gulf of Aden, no injuries, US CENTCOM says

By REUTERS
 THE WRITER (center) meets in Dubai with Dr. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, chairman of the Defense Affairs, Interior and Foreign Affairs Committee of the UAE Federal National Council, and Rabbi Eyal Vered, an adult youth educator in religious Zionism.

The Emiratis’ Islam of tolerance is the hope of the Muslim world

Iran asked Sudan to allow a Naval Base on its Red Sea coast

By Walla!
 Houthi military helicopter flies over the Galaxy Leader cargo ship in the Red Sea in this photo released November 20, 2023

Vessel reports incident southeast of Yemen's Aden, UKMTO says

By REUTERS
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