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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.

 Palestinian trucks loaded with humanitarian aid cross into Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing, February 17, 2025

Looters take over five aid trucks in Gaza, sell stolen goods at inflated prices

Overlooking southern Syria from the IDF's military post on Mount Hermon

ISIS activity may return in southern Syria amid Israeli incursions

 Israeli-Russian hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov over a backdrop of Iraqi and Israeli flags.

Deal to release Israeli-Russian hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov progresses

 US President Donald Trump meets with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in this handout released on May 14, 2025.

US lifting of sanctions on Syria signals fresh start for diplomatic ties

 GEORGE DEEK, Israel’s ambassador to Azerbaijan, at work with Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov

Azerbaijan has become one of Israel's most trusted partners, envoy tells 'Post'

 Donald Trump seen with a model of an Iranian missile (illustrative)

Uncertainty lingers after Iran-US talks in Rome: Tehran in 'wait and see' mode

A Druze boy holds a flag as he looks at the ceasefire line between Golan Heights and Syria, on the day of first visit by Druze delegation from Syria just after 1973 war in Israel, March 14, 2025.

Normalization with Iraq? Druze ex-minister discusses relations with Israel's bordering states

By Sari Makover-Belikov
 People celebrate after US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would order the lifting of sanctions on Syria, in Damascus, May 13, 2025.

Syria welcomes US decision to lift sanctions on country

 Syiran President Ahmed al-Sharaa and US President Donald Trump.

Syria, Lebanon could join Abraham Accords before Saudi Arabia, Israeli amb. to US says

 Syrian pounds are pictured inside an exchange currency shop in Azaz, Syria February 3, 2020.

US issues orders easing Syria sanctions after Trump pledge

By REUTERS
 US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a ‘coffee ceremony’ at the Saudi Royal Court in Riyadh, May 13

Voices from the Arab press: Israel’s strategy for managing US tensions

By THE MEDIA LINE
 A man carries a weapon during a protest organized to celebrate the announcement of the ceasefire in Gaza, at Yarmouk camp in Damascus, Syria January 17, 2025.

Syrian government cracks down on Palestinian terror groups

 Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is welcomed by an unidentified Omani official upon his arrival in Muscat, Oman, May 11, 2025.

Fifth round of Iran, US nuclear talks conclude in Rome, with inconclusive progress

 The coffin of late Hezbollah leader Hashem Safieddine, who was killed during Israeli airstrikes last year, is carried during his burial, in Deir Qanoun al-Nahr, southern Lebanon February 24, 2025.

Hezbollah seeks boost in Lebanon vote as disarmament calls grow

By REUTERS
 An Iranian woman walks past an anti-US mural on a street in Tehran, Iran, April 26, 2025; illustrative

Iranians doubt nuclear deal will be reached

 Donald Trump seen with a model of an Iranian missile (illustrative)

US and Iran to hold nuclear talks amid clashing red lines

By REUTERS
 Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Ceyhun Bayramov (L), visits Israel to open the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Tel Aviv, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu (R) in West Jerusalem on March 29, 2023.

Iran launches attack on Azerbaijan-Israel ties: ‘Two nations, one state’

 The Third Palestine Competition on Wikipedia Arabic.

PA involved in contest for creation of Palestinian-biased Wikipedia articles

 Masked Hamas men wave flags during the march in Jabalya refugee camp in North Gaza Strip, October 4, 2002

German officials issue arrest warrant against Hamas official in Europe

 A member of the Kurdish security forces looks at the wreckage of a vehicle belonging to Iraqi security forces in the outskirts of Kirkuk June 16, 2014.

Kurdistan Region’s $110B gas deals spark controversy with Baghdad

 A missile is launched during a joint exercise called the 'Great Prophet 17', in the southwest of Iran, December 24, 2021. Picture taken December 24, 2021.

IRGC warns of 'devastating, decisive' response if Israel attacks

By REUTERS
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