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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.

 Members of staff walk next to the control tower as the first Yemen Airways flight in six years prepares to take off from Sanaa airport in the Yemeni capital, on May 16, 2022.

Israeli airstrike hits Sana'a airport during Houthi leader's speech

 HTS LEADER Abu Mohammed al-Julani (right), meets with Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt in Damascus.

Regional leaders flock to Damascus to discuss future with new leader al-Julani

 Rebel fighters pose as they hold a Syrian opposition flag at the Umayyad Mosque, after rebels seized the capital and ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria December 9, 2024.

Projecting strength and tolerance: New Syrian gov't faces biggest test yet

 A Palestinian inspects the damage at the site of an Israeli strike, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, December 13, 2024.

Removing Hamas from central Gaza is the key to removing its leverage

 A Lebanese army soldier stands near UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) vehicles in Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, southern Lebanon October 29, 2024.

UNIFIL calls for IDF withdrawal from Lebanon, claims Israeli ceasefire violations

By REUTERS
 Hamas official Khalil Al-Hayya. (Illustrative)

Hayya takes helm of Hamas's al-Qassam Brigades as hostage talks near 'finish line'

 Two statues that were seized by Egyptian authorities.

Two men arrested in Egypt for trafficking hundreds of ancient artifacts

 SPENT BULLET CARTRIDGES lie on the ground after rebels seized Damascus and ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad this week.

Syrian forces suffer 14 casualties in ambush as unrest reaches Assad’s loyalist regions

 Security forces loyal to Yemen's Huthi movement march in the Huthi-run capital Sanaa in support of the Palestinians and against the US and Israel, on December 18, 2024.

What do the Houthis hope to achieve as they lash out on Israel?

 Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks on before a meeting with Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, in Tehran, Iran, August 26, 2024.

Iran shifts to foreign policy, but it has to shake violent past

 THE SIGN on UNRWA Headquarters in Gaza City is damaged amid the ongoing war. Says the writer: This UN agency deserves every sanction – it is corrupt, its actions encouraged terror and some of its workers were directly involved in October 7. Yet it provides health, education, etc.

UNRWA is a persistent challenge, not a solution

By AMI H. ORKABY
 An illustrative image of a Hezbollah flag in the backdrop of an individual holding a weapon.

Unprecedented intel. penetration: How the IDF blocked Hezbollah's doomsday attacks on Tel Aviv

 Following the pager attack in Lebanon, smoke from mobile tents

The inside story of the IDF's role in Hezbollah pager explosions

 The IDF seized 9,000 improvised explosives, 5,560 guns and around 60,800 electronic items, equipment, and documents from Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, December 25, 2024.

War in Lebanon saw IDF seize 85,000 Hezbollah items from over 30 villages

 Yemen's Houthi loyal fighters shout slogans as they participate in an armed-tribal gathering against Israel and its main allies the US and UK on December 23, 2024, in the suburb of Sana'a, Yemen.

Houthis raise combat readiness to the highest level expecting Israeli retaliation

The damaged site where Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanon December 1, 2024

Hezbollah reveals location of Nasrallah's tomb

 Women wearing Santa hats pose for a photo outside a decorated Christmas shop in Tehran, Iran, on Dec. 19, 2024. Iranian Christians traditionally celebrate Christmas on Jan. 6, following the Iranian-Armenian calendar.

Iran takes first steps toward easing its broad social media bans

By Golnar Motevalli , Arsalan Shahla/Bloomberg News/TNS
 Gunmen stand during the funeral of Palestinian Ribhi Shalabi, who was killed in clashes with Palestinian Authority forces, in Jenin camp in the West Bank, December 10, 2024.

'Gazafication': The terror threat in northern West Bank is growing

 TALIBAN FORCES patrol in front of  Hamid Karzai International Airport  in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 2

Taliban purge academics, reshape education with 'extremist agenda'

By ARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE
 Muslim Brotherhood key figure Youssef Nada with Turkish president Erdogan in 2015.

Youssef Nada, key Muslim Brotherhood leader, dies at 94 in Europe

 A view shows a damaged poster of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, after the Syrian army said that dozens of its soldiers had been killed in a major attack by rebels who swept into the city, in Syria November 30, 2024.

As Washington woos Syria’s new leader, pivotal meeting signals policy shift

By Rizik Alabi/The Media Line
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