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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.

 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visits the military equipment of IRGC Navy in Bandar Abbas, Iran, February 2, 2024.

Iranian forces take over Israel-linked Portuguese ship MCS ARIES

 The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG-69), deployed to the US 7th Fleet area of operations, conducts underway operations, at an undisclosed location in South China Sea, in this handout picture released on April 10, 2023.

US repositions warships in expectation of Iranian attack

 Iranian drones are inducted into Iran's Army, in Tehran, Iran, January 22, 2024.

US sees Iran moving weaponry internally including drones, cruise missiles

 IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and US CENTCOM commander Michael Eric Kurilla holding a situation assessment on the threat from Iran, April 12, 2024.

US asks Israel to give early notice, hold consultations before future attacks on Iran

By Barak Ravid
 PORTRAIT OF IRGC generals Mohammad Reza Zahedi and Mohammad Hadi Haj Rahimi, slain in an April 1 Israeli airstrike and noted as ‘Martyrs of Quds’ [Jerusalem], seen on a Tehran street.

Voices from the Arab press: Iran and Israel: Is the denial game over?

By THE MEDIA LINE
 An Iranian missile system is seen during an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ground forces military drill in the Aras area, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, October 17, 2022.

US says Iran threat against Israel credible, CBS warns attack imminent

 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looks on during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, April 3, 2024.

Israel expects Iranian attack within upcoming 48 hours - WSJ

 Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks at a press conference regarding Sen. Rick Scott's (R-FL) re-election campaign at the Conservative Partnership Institute in Washington, U.S., March 5, 2024.

'The most dangerous moment since the Yom Kippur War': The US is preparing for an Iranian response

 An anti-Israel banner in a street in Tehran, Iran, April 2, 2024

Israel on high alert as world works to stop clash with Iran

Iranian flag and cyber code [Illustrative]

Iranian TV dissident survives stabbing by fake 'Jerusalem Post' reporter

 A screengrab from a video released on March 25, 2024 by the Israeli army shows what they say are Iranian weapons that were seized by the Israel Security Agency and by the Israel Defense Forces, at an unknown location.

Iran nuke scientist says ‘not complicated to build atomic bomb’

Protesters burn US and Israeli flags during an anti-Israel protest in Tehran, Iran, April 1, 2024

Iran has ten ways to attack Israel; which one will it choose?

 Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looks on during a meeting at the IRGC Aerospace Force achievements exhibition in Tehran, Iran November 19, 2023

Worried about an Iranian attack? That's exactly what it wants - analysis

 The scene of the assassination in Damascus

This is what Iranian revenge might look like, and which dilemmas Israel could face

Jordanians watch an air force drill in Jordan.

UK, Jordan form alliance over war in Gaza to protect Amman

By KRISTINA JOVANOVSKI/THE MEDIA LINE
 Iranian centrifuges are seen on display during a meeting between Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and nuclear scientists and personnel of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), in Tehran, Iran June 11, 2023.

Iran nears nuclear capabilities amid unraveling nuclear deal – report

 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant held a meeting with CENTCOM Commander, General Michael "Erik" Kurilla

Senior American general to visit Israel in light of looming Iranian attack

By Barak Ravid
 Mohammed Sarur was found dead near Beirut. April 9, 2024.

Senior Hezbollah money changer found shot to death near Beirut

By REUTERS
 Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, rally to show solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen March 29, 2024.

Yemen suffers $2 billion revenue loss from halted oil exports amid Houthi assaults

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
 Members of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Red Crescent Society load humanitarian aid and relief supplies onto a cargo truck, after the vehicle was checked for explosives, at the port of Umm Qasr Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

UAE sends 370 tonnes of aid, first land convoy reaches Jabalya in northern Gaza

 Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks to pro-Kremlin journalist Vladimir Sovolyov, March 2024.

In Syria’s Daraa Governorate, conflict persists despite Assad’s renewed postwar control

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
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