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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.

 IRAN’S FOREIGN MINISTER Abbas Araghchi speaks on the phone during a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, in Istanbul on Saturday. If Iran’s leadership believes it can’t prevail against Israel and the US, it will likely decide to negotiate, says the writer.

Iranian FM tells CBS that he does not believe US talks will start anytime soon

 Syrian security forces stand alongside a pick-up truck on the Latakia-Jableh highway in western Syria, on March 21, 2025. A Reuters investigation found that thousands of forces carried out a wave of deadly attacks on Alawite villages in the region, leaving nearly 1,500 dead from March 7-9, 2025.

How Syrian government forces and factions are linked to the mass killings of Alawites

By REUTERS
 Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa looks on as he attends the “Aleppo, Key to Victory” celebration marking Syria’s liberation, in Aleppo, Syria May 27, 2025.

The growing ties between Israel, Syria, its possible spread into the Middle East

 L to R: Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, US President Donald Trump against backdrop of respective flags and missile strikes.

US, Iran have a long road to a nuclear deal

 An Iranian man holds a newspaper with a cover photo of Iran and US flags on a street in Tehran, Iran, April 19, 2025

Iranian newspaper calls to arrest and execute IAEA chief, European nations condemn

By REUTERS
Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria, March 10, 2025

Turkey, Syrian armies thwart ISIS plot to assassinate Ahmed al-Sharaa

 Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar gives a statement to foreign press at the scene of damage to a mosque in Haifa, June 20, 2025.

Sa'ar: Israel interested in official diplomatic ties with Syria, Lebanon

 Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmail Baghaei, said US strikes on Sunday had caused significant damage to nuclear facilities.

IAEA cooperation cannot continue due to 'security concerns,' Iran says

 US President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation accompanied by senior US officials, June 21, 2025, following US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.

Trump says US not offering Iran 'anything,' not speaking to Tehran

 L to R: Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, US President Donald Trump against backdrop of respective flags and missile strikes.

US must rule out future strikes on Iran for further nuclear talks, Islamic Republic official says

 Palestinians collect aid supplies from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 9, 2025.

GHF discloses 12 of its local staff members murdered by Hamas, others tortured in Gaza

  Smartphone with logo of Israeli national intelligence agency Mossad in front of website.

Mossad trolls Tehran: ‘We’re following you back,’ Israelis taunt Iran’s generals

 Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi pictured in 2017.

Iranian scholar calls for action on Trump's, 'Zionist leaders' threats against Khamenei

 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a televised message, after the ceasefire between Iran and Israel, in Tehran, Iran, June 26, 2025.

Senior Iranian officials await Khamenei's approval to begin negotiations with Trump admin.

 Hamas terrorists seen in Khan Yunis, February 20, 2025

Hamas increased torture against dissident Gazans while world focused on Israel, Iran war

 Satellite imagery from Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility June 22, 2025.

How DTRA's expertise aided in the strikes on Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility

 US President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation accompanied by US Vice President JD Vance, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, at the White House in Washington, D.C., US June 21, 2025, following U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.

Trump: Countries expressed interest in joining Abraham Accords after Iran strikes

 Iranians have called for the end of the Islamic regime inside Iran, asking why they have been abandoned by the US and Israel since the ceasefire between the Jewish state and the Islamic Republic.

‘Let It Burn’: Young Iranians defy censorship, call for end of Islamic Republic regime

 An Iranian Shahed Drone is displayed by the United Against Nuclear Iran at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, US, February 22, 2025.

Iran passes sweeping drone law, folds 'hobby flights' under IRGC's watch

 IRANIAN FLAGS fly as fire and smoke rise from an Israeli attack on the Sharan oil depot in Tehran on Sunday. The world watches as Israel exercises the most basic right of any sovereign state: the right of self-defense, says the writer.

IAEA chief: Despite strikes on nuclear sites, Iran may enrich uranium within months

By REUTERS
 A woman walks near flags inside the Nabatieh market that reopened after it was destroyed during the last war between Israel and Hezbollah, in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon May 19, 2025.

Putting on a brave face: Hezbollah is at a crossroads, and a turning point may be coming

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