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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.

The Sayyida Zaynab shrine is visible through a window at a hotel used by Iranians under former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, in Damascus, Syria, December 14, 2024.

Armed group in Syria's Suwayda takes governor hostage for prisoner's release

 Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani speaks in Doha, January 15, 2025

Qatar ramps up conservative media outreach after Trump victory, DOJ docs show

 Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani meets with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (not in picture) during the Munich Security conference in Munich , southern Germany February 14, 2020.

Kurdistan Region looks to future with US ties

 Carrier Air Wing 1 (CVW-1) conducts routine flight operations from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) in the U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility, in this handout picture released February 1, 2025.

As US carrier heads home, a look back at the Houthi campaign

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey during the U.N. General Assembly in New York, U.S.

Turkey re-positions itself to influence the Middle East during Trump admin

 Iranian centrifuges are seen on display during a meeting between Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and nuclear scientists and personnel of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), in Tehran, Iran June 11, 2023.

Iran faces US without Plan B as nuclear red lines collide

By REUTERS
 Syrian currency is traded from the back of a car on the streets of Damascus, April 15, 2025

Syria weighs currency overhaul as pound hits new lows

By Rizik Alabi/The Media Line
 Donald Trump over a backdrop of an Iranian flag. (Illustrative)

Will Iran nuclear talks move to the fifth round, or go up in smoke?

 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian meets with the head of the Political Council of Hamas, Mohammed Ismail Darwish, in Tehran, Iran, February 8, 2025.

Iran hosts Hamas delegation as Israeli op. in Gaza widens

 Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi speaks during a press conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Stephane Sejourne, following a meeting discussing the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Cairo, March 30, 2024.

Jordan's Safadi in Syria, as Amman, Damascus agree on cooperation roadmap

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

EU moves forward with sanctions relief for Syria

Protesters hold up pictures of Jordanian King Abdullah and pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh with national flags

Jordanian textbooks bash peace, propagate antisemitism, study finds

 Iranians burn a symbolic Obelisk with British flag and Star of David prints during the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, February 10, 2025.

UK summons Iranian ambassador after Iranians charged under security law

By REUTERS , THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
 Lebanese President Joseph Aoun attends a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, March 28, 2025.

Israel-Lebanon peace is far off, and Druze-Lebanese handshake shows it

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (L) attend a documents signing ceremony in Moscow, Russia; illustrative; January 17, 2025.

Iran, Russia deepen ties amid nuclear talks with the US

 Steve Witkoff seen on a background of Hamas terrorists and a protest sign featuring US President Donald Trump (illustrative)

Witkoff pressuring Israel, Hamas directly to agree to new hostage deal proposal

By Walla!
 US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff at the main reception marking Israel's 77th Independence Day at the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC, May 6, 2025.

Uranium enrichment a 'red line' for US, Witkoff says

By REUTERS
 A meeting between British political advisor Charles Smith (L) and Syrian Defense Minister Gen. Marhaf Abu Qasra (R) in Damascus, May 15, 2025.

Britain holds first high-level military talks with Syria since 2011

By Rizik Alabi/The Media Line
 An installation of pictures of hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, is displayed at a park in Ra'anana, Israel, June 20, 2024.

UAE: Hostage release must come first in Gaza roadmap, FM says

 ISIS in Aleppo, Syria. 2017.

Syrian Interior Ministry announces targeted operation against ISIS cell in Aleppo

By Rizik Alabi/The Media Line
 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi against backdrop of Tajikistan, China, Afghanistan and Pakistan. (illustration)

Iran eyes peace, trade, and drone deals in growing partnerships with Central Asia

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