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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.

 Fighters from the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army are deployed on a checkpoint in the area of Kafr Jannah on the outskirts of the Syrian town of Afrin on October 19, 2022.

The US-backed ‘Syrian Free Army’ in Syria is at a crossroads

Hamas terrorists take part in a military parade to mark the anniversary of the 2014 war with Israel, near the border in the central Gaza Strip, July 19, 2023.

Experts warn of Israeli intelligence lapses after seized documents show Hamas’s tactical depth

By KEREN SETTON/ THE MEDIA LINE
 Iran's top nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi attends a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria, June 28, 2019.

Iran is open to nuclear negotiations, if US responds with respect, Araghchi says

HAMAS MEMBERS in Gaza.

Hamas making substantial comeback in the Gaza Strip, 'Post' confirms

 AL JAZEERA headquarters in Doha, Qatar.

Palestinian Authority freezes Al Jazeera operations in West Bank

 Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani speaks during an interview, after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 28, 2024.

Syria set to be 2025’s big story: Can Damascus unite a fractured nation?

 Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting at the IRGC Aerospace Force achievements exhibition in Tehran, Iran November 19, 2023.

Khamenei's empty promises: Iran's Syria dreams slip amid domestic unrest - expert

IDF elite unit training day

IDF confirms special forces raid of Iranian missile facility in Syria in covert operation

 Israel at War - Illustrative image of an Israeli F-35 fighter jet.

Help from above: Israeli aircraft struck over 1,400 Gaza targets in December

 Israeli soldiers walking next to the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, November 21, 2023.

IAF eliminates Nukhba commander who infiltrated Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7

 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.

Assad’s Syria manipulated the region, will the new Syria do the same?

 Smoke rises from the site of strikes in Sanaa, Yemen October 4, 2024.

US strikes several Houthis targets in Yemen

 An illustrative image of a Hezbollah flag in the backdrop of an individual holding a weapon.

'Day 61 will be different': Hezbollah official states group will not tolerate IDF in Lebanon

 Khaled Brigade, a part of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), hold a military parade, after Syria's Bashar al-Assad was ousted, in Damascus, Syria, December 27, 2024.

Syria appoints some foreign Islamist fighters to its military, sources say

By REUTERS
 Houthi military spokesman, Yahya Sarea, delivers a statement in Sanaa, Yemen December 20, 2024.

Houthis claim to 'hit' Jerusalem power station, Ben-Gurion Airport

 IDF announces death of Sergeant Uriel Peretz, 23, in Gaza, December 30, 2024.

IDF announces death of Sergeant Uriel Peretz in northern Gaza

 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) gestures during his meeting with Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the al-Shaab Palace in Damascus on April 18, 2008. Carter arrived in Syria for to meet with Assad and also with Hamas exiled supreme Haled Metal during his tour of the region.

Carter’s legacy: A misguided trip to meet Assad and Hamas in 2009

 scenes from Sabbagh's funeral; her body enveloped in a green-white flag carrying the Muslim Brotherhood slogan and a press vest.

Hamas blames Palestinian Authority for killing of young journalist

 Defense Minister Israel Katz and slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (illustrative)

Israel Katz imposes economic sanctions on Hezbollah donation campaign

 Members of Hezbollah stand in front of an image of Fuad Shukr, a senior Hezbollah commander who was killed by an Israeli strike on Tuesday, during his funeral in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon August 1, 2024.

How Hezbollah's Fuad Shukr's four affairs led to his elimination

 Top rebel commander Abu Mohammed al-Julani speaks to a crowd at Ummayad Mosque in Damascus, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad, Syria December 8, 2024.

Syria's Julani meets with Ukraine's foreign minister, SANA says

By REUTERS
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