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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.

 Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Julani, in Damascus on December 23, 2024.

Syria’s Julani names himself transitional president, dissolves Baath institutions

 An Israeli military official walks near Israel's border with Lebanon, in northern Israel, January 13, 2025

Israeli strike kills three Turks trying to cross from Lebanon to Israel, Turkey says

By REUTERS
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

Sisi says Egypt will not participate in 'act of injustice' displacing Palestinians

By REUTERS
 Palestinians at the site of an Israeli airstrike in an UNRWA school, in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, on June 6, 2024

UNRWA Lebanon says not impacted by US aid freeze or new Israeli law

By REUTERS
 Palestinian houses stand badly damaged during the ongoing Israeli military operation, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, December 18, 2024.

Gaza life expectancy decreased by half since Oct 7, study claims

Reported IAF strikes on the Bekaa valley, 27 December 2024

Israeli drone strike injures 5 people in southern Lebanon, health ministry says

By REUTERS
Explosions take place on the deck of the Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion on the Red Sea, in this handout picture released August 29, 2024.

Crew of Hong Kong flagged ship rescued after explosion sparks fire off Yemeni coast

 An illustrative image of the Russian and Syrian flags.

Russian delegation visits Damascus to secure military bases after Assad’s fall

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi holds a press conference, August 27, 2013

Iran's FM Aragchi: Expel Israelis to Greenland, leave Palestinians in Gaza

 Hamas spokesperson, Abu Obeida.

'Netanyahu has no choice but to move forward with deal,' Hamas says

 Military personnel stand guard on the day of Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly's visit to the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, October 31, 2023.

Rafah redux: Will EU Rafah mission be effective? - analysis

 Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem is pictured during an interview with Reuters at his office in Beirut's suburbs, Lebanon August 3, 2016.

Hezbollah leader highlights support from ‘Iran and Iraq’ during war

 US President Donald Trump (R) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi take part in a bilateral meeting at a hotel in Riyadh on May 21, 2017.

Egypt: Conversation with President Trump about Palestinians did not happen

 Displaced Palestinians make their way back to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip on January 27, 2025.

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians return north in Gaza Strip

 IRANIANS ATTEND a rally in support of Palestinians in Gaza after the news of a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, in Tehran, last Friday.

Iran seeks diplomacy amid new Trump administration’s evolving policies

 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prays over the bodies of two assassinated Supreme Court Judges, Mohammad Moghiseh and Ali Razini in Tehran, Iran, January 19, 2025.

Iran’s proxy network in disarray as Middle East alliances realign

By Giorgia Valente/The Media Line
Displaced Palestinians make their way back to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip on January 27, 2025.

Can Israel return to war with Gaza’s north repopulated?

Displaced Palestinians make their way back to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip on January 27, 2025.

The Netzarim Corridor: A case study for Israel's lack of vision in Gaza

 Russian Sukhoi Su-35 jet fighters fire missiles during the Aviadarts competition, as part of the International Army Games 2021, at the Dubrovichi range outside Ryazan, Russia August 27, 2021.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards commander says Iran purchased Russian-made Sukhoi 35 fighter jets

By REUTERS
 A CROWD in Tehran watches an address, on the screen by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in November. Hezbollah is virtually a state within a state, sucking the lifeblood out of Lebanon at the instigation of Iran, says the writer.

Hezbollah is not defeated and is re-emerging in Lebanon

 Lebanese army members stand near rubble at a damaged site after the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, in the Lebanese village of Khiam, December 23, 2024.

Lebanese army chief exposed for leaking secrets to Hezbollah during ceasefire

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