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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... Read more their piece of land. This has created a complicated region and Jpost's Middle East News simplifies it. Less

 A MAN adjusts a billboard with pictures of former president Gamal Abdel Nasser, in Cairo, July 2002, the 50th anniversary of the revolution when the Free Officers, led by Nasser, seized power from the monarchy.

‘The Jews are superior to us in everything’: Recording of former Egyptian president Nasser surfaces

  U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff attends an interview after participating in a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, February 18, 2025.

‘Bumbling f***ing idiot’: Experts concerned Witkoff not capable of handling Hamas, Iran - report

A delegation of 100 Druze leaders from Syria visits northern Israel for the first time since 1973 on March 14, 2025. Israeli Druze proudly wave their own national flag alongside the Israeli flag in festivals and ceremonies, the writer points out.

Syrian attacks on Druze could be collision course with Israel - analysis

 The Qader cruise missile is seen during the annual military parade in Tehran, Iran, September 21, 2024.

Iran, UK, France, Germany to hold nuclear talks on Friday

By REUTERS
 A number of new generation Iranian centrifuges are seen on display during Iran's National Nuclear Energy Day in Tehran, Iran April 10, 2021

US issues new sanctions on individuals, entities from Iran, China for role in IRGC missile program

 Family members of Colonel Sayad Khodai, a member of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, weep over his body in his car after he was reportedly shot by two assailants in Tehran, Iran, May 22, 2022.

Iran executes individual accused of intel. cooperation with Mossad

 Smoke billows from the site of a US air strike in Sanaa, Yemen April 26, 2025.

US and UK forces conduct joint military operation in Yemen

By REUTERS
 The empty tomb of former Syrian president Hafez Assad.

Unknown individuals steal remains of ex-Syrian president Hafez Assad

 Syria's Minister of Foreign Affairs Asaad Hasan al-Shaibani attends a panel discussion, "New Dawn for Damascus: Prospects for Syria's Transition", during the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany, February 15, 2025.

Syria's foreign minister expected to meet with State Dept. officials in New York

By REUTERS
 Brig.-Gen. (res.) Amir Avivi, May 9, 2023.

Iranian port blast could be ‘planned attack, not an accident,’ IDF Gen. says

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
 A model of an Iranian missile is seen during a gathering in Tehran, Iran, April 9, 2025

What should we do about Iran?

By MARK LAVIE / THE MEDIA LINE
 Sharaka delegation during March of the Living

Muslim and Christian Arab leaders join March of the Living

Druze gather to contact their relatives on the Syrian side of the border from the Israeli Golan Heights.

More than a dozen killed in sectarian clashes near Syrian capital

By REUTERS
 Sheikh Naim Qassem speaks during a rally supporting Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Beirut, Lebanon October 13, 2023.

Lebanon must 'scream,' increase pressure over Israeli attacks, says Hezbollah's Qassem

 Illustrative image of Hamas terrorists.

Dermer leads delegation to Cairo for hostage deal negotiations

By Walla! , REUTERS , MAARIV
 IDF soldiers operate, eliminate Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist in Gaza, April 21, 2025.

Gaza talks show progress on ceasefire framework but highlight deep divisions

By Waseem Abu Mahadi , Jacob Wirtschafter/The Media Line
 An illustration of Defense Minister Israel Katz and US President Donald Trump

Katz threatens to attack Iran as Trump tries to cut a contested nuclear deal

 In this handout image provided by Houthi Media Center, fuel vans burn in the wake of US airstrikes targeting the Ras Isa port complex on April 18, in Hodeidah province, Yemen.

Yemen's Houthis vow to continue attacks in Red, Arabian seas after suspected US strike

 Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa attends an interview with Reuters at the presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria March 10, 2025.

Syria's Sharaa will attend Arab Summit, marking a potential path towards stability

 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev shakes hands with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian during a meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan April 28, 2025.

Iran pushes for warmer diplomatic relations with Azerbaijan

People walk after an explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port in Bandar Abbas, Iran, April 26, 2025

Tehran in trouble: Deadly port explosion leaves Iran in a bind

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