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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.

 Top rebel commander Abu Mohammed al-Golani 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.

Letting bygones be bygones: Behind the US diplomat's trip to Syria

 A banner depicting U.S. and Israeli flags is burned, as protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, rally to show support to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen December 13, 2024.

Long battle ahead: 'Last man standing' Houthis have not been deterred by allies' fall

 NOW THAT ISRAEL revised its doctrine, neighboring states’ armies should be deterred in peacetime and preempted in wartime, but jihadist militias should be fought anytime, because Israel cannot afford their presence anywhere along its borders. Here, Houthi supporters raise their rifles along with th

Houthi attacks drive calls to UK's maritime emergency services up by over 80%

 A man walks on a poster of Bashar al-Assad as a sanitation worker removes it from the street downtown, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria December 10, 2024.

US delegation to Syria: Assad’s fall opens path for Syria to rebuild unity

 IAF soldiers, jets departing for strikes in Yemen, December 19, 2024.

'We felt pride': Israel Air Force personnel share about their complex operation in Yemen

By YANIR YAGNA
 A TORN portrait of deposed Syrian president Bashar al-Assad inside the ransacked Presidential Palace in Damascus, December 10, 2024.

Voices from the Arab press: Syria after Assad: Four urgent challenges

By THE MEDIA LINE
The embroidered flags of Lebanon, Israel, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Palestinian Authority (illustrative)

Documents captured from Hamas reveal Iran's complex weapons smuggling network

By Avi Ashkenazi
IDF operates in the buffer zone between Israel and Syria on December 13, 2024.

Syrian allegedly injured by IDF gunfire while protesting Israeli incursion in buffer zone

 An ISIS member carries an Islamic State flag in Syria.

US kills ISIS leader Abu Yusif in precision strike in Syria

A burnt vehicle is pictured after, what medical and security sources say, was targeted by a Turkish drone strike in the village of Tal Shaeer, Syria June 20, 2023.

Two journalists killed in Syria, pro-Kurdish party in Turkey says

By REUTERS
IDF's Kfir Brigade operating in Beit Lahia on December 20, 2024.

IDF dismantles underground 7.5 km terror tunnel in Gaza, finds equipment seized by Hamas on Oct. 7

 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 Muhammad'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
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