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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.

 Armed Houthi followers ride on the back of a pick-up truck during a parade in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and to show support to Houthi strikes on ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, in Sanaa, Yemen January 29, 2024.

Days of protests over power outages rock Aden

 (L-R) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Egyptian president: Israel deviously shirking ceasefire efforts

 Bahrain King’s Representative for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs, Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa receives Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas upon his arrival to attend the 33rd Arab Summit, in Manama, Bahrain. Uploaded on 16/5/2024

Arab leaders meet in Bahrain for summit regarding Gaza and regional development

Flags of Israel and Egypt are flown at the Nitzana Border Crossing in southern Israel, February 18, 2024

Egypt-Israel relations in a deep valley, but not for the first time

 Anti-missile system fires interception missiles as drones and missiles fired from Iran, as it seen over the West Bank city of Hebron, on April 14, 2024.

Iran’s aerial attack in April irrevocably shifted how its nuclear threat is viewed

ARAB LEADERS pose for a photo ahead of an Arab League summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last year.

Arab nations near consensus on two-state solution at Bahrain Summit

By HUDHAIFA EBRAHIM/THE MEDIA LINE
 Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gives a televised speech, in this screengrab taken from Al-Manar TV footage, Lebanon October 18, 2021.

Hamas delegation meets Nasrallah as Israel clashes grow

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

Iran is seeking closer ties to Egypt

 Activists of the terrorist organization Hezbollah

Hezbollah seeks to use Syrian refugees to create crisis with Europe

 The motorcade of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken drives on a road after a visit at a World Food Program (WFP) regional warehouse, during Blinken's week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, in Amman, Jordan, January 7, 2024.

Jordan foils arms plot as kingdom caught in Iran-Israel shadow war

By REUTERS
 Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan welcomes Hamas senior official Khaled Meshaal, as Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, looks on during a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, April 20, 2024.

Hamas plans to set up secret base in Turkey, secret documents reveal

A view of a damaged building following missile attacks, in Erbil, Iraq, January 16, 2024

Five Iraqi soldiers killed in ISIS attack on army post in eastern Iraq, two security sources say

By REUTERS
 Caption: AERIAL VIEW from a 6-meter mast. Actors posing for photographers on the red carpet before going up the famous 24 steps. Cannes Film Festival, France.

Director Mohammad Rasoulof flees Iran ahead of Cannes premier

By REUTERS
 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during a protest against the recent killings of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza-Israel border and the U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem, in Istanbul, Turkey May 18, 2018.

Erdogan: more than 1,000 Hamas members being treated in Turkish hospitals

By REUTERS
Security camera

Revealed: Hamas has been spying on Palestinian civilians for years

 Lieutenant General Michael Kurilla testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on his nomination to become Commander of Central Command during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, February 8, 2022.

Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia: US CENTCOM’s regional strategy

 An Egyptian soldier stands near the Egyptian national flag and the Israeli flag at the Taba crossing between Egypt and Israel, about 430 km (256 miles) northeast of Cairo, October 26, 2011

Israel-Egypt ties in the spotlight: Regional media smells blood

 United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan speaks during a joint news conference with Algeria's Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum in Algiers, Algeria January 27, 2020.

Gulf leaders take issue with claims that Gulf states will lead postwar Gaza administration

By Hana Azmi Elatrash , Jacob Wirtschafter/The Media Line
 Jordan's King Abdullah welcomes Kuwait's Emir Sheik Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah upon his arrival at Marka military airport, in Amman, Jordan April 23, 2024.

Kuwaiti Emir dissolves parliament following ‘unsatisfying’ election process

 A man walks past a picture of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr during Iraq's provincial council elections, in Baghdad, Iraq, December 18, 2023.

Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Sadr girds for political comeback

By REUTERS
 Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants participate in an anti-Israel military parade marking the 36th anniversary of the movement's foundation in Gaza City, October 4, 2023.

Palestinian terror groups meet in Damascus, claim they will fight IDF in Rafah

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