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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.

Flags from Iran and the United States  at the California Convention for a Free Iran, Los Angeles, US, January 11, 2020

Biden administration allegedly was ready to negotiate nuclear agreement with Iran

 PALESTINIAN TERRORISTS attend a protest against the killing of Palestinians in an Israeli strike at a tent camp in Khan Yunis, in the streets of Jenin.

From the West Bank to US campuses, Iran's psychological influence is spreading

Smoke rises from the southern Lebanese town of Khiam, southern Lebanon, June 25, 2024

Two senior Hezbollah officials killed by Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon - report

  Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves before voting in the country's presidential election, in Tehran, Iran July 5, 2024.

‘Iran took advantage of Yemeni civil war’: says Middle East expert

Mahmoud al-Aloul, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of Palestinian organisation and political party Fatah, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Mussa Abu Marzuk, senior member of Hamas, attend an event at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 23, 2024.

Second Cold War? China defies West with ‘Beijing Declaration’

 Fires in the north

IDF fails to intercept Hezbollah drones, fires break out in northern Israel

 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad former president of Iran, speaks at a press conference after registering as a candidate for the presidential election at the Interior Ministry, in Tehran, Iran June 2, 2024.

Unknown suspect attempts assassination of Iran's former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

 Kataib Hezbollah Iraqi militia hold the picture of the Iranian Maj.-Gen. Qassem Soleimani, as they gather ahead of the funeral of the Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis

Iran’s militias in Iraq threaten Israel amid Houthi, Hezbollah attacks

 Reservists in the north during Operation Swords of Iron

Israel ready to operate in Lebanon now, but both sides are fatiguing

By Avi Ashkenazi
 A man takes pictures of a raging fire at oil storage tanks a day after Israeli strikes on the port of Yemen's Houthi-held city of Hodeida on July 21, 2024. Yemen's Huthi rebels on July 21 promised a "huge" retaliation against Israel following a deadly strike on the port of Hodeida.

Yemen's Houthi rebels vow open battle with Israel and the US, as fears rise of Mideast war

By NABIH BULOS/LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS
 Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, rally to show solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen July 5, 2024.

Houthis vow retaliation after Israeli strikes on Hodeidah

 Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks to pro-Kremlin journalist Vladimir Sovolyov, March 2024.

Assad praises Russia and Iran for support, highlights anti-western alliance and cooperation

  Tal Inbar, a senior research fellow at the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance.

Expert suspects occular capability of Iranian-designed Hezbollah drone

By KEREN SETTON/THE MEDIA LINE
 Mussa Abu Marzuk, senior member of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas signs a document. July 23, 2024.

'Hamas on its knees, in need of lifeline': Analyst explains Palestinian unity agreement

By 103FM
 Smoke rises from a fire following an Israeli air strike in Hodeidah, Yemen in this handout photo released on July 20, 2024.

'Highest price ever for killing one person': Houthis celebrate strike as Yemenis suffer

By MAARIV
Mahmoud al-Aloul, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of Palestinian organisation and political party Fatah, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Mussa Abu Marzuk, senior member of Hamas, attend an event at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 23, 2024.

Hamas, Fatah, Palestinian factions agree to end divisions, form unity gov't

 COMMEMORATING ASHURA with mourning rituals during the Islamic month of Muharramon, July 2023, Istanbul.

Voices from the Arab press: Hamas is Terrorizing Gaza

By THE MEDIA LINE
  Druze anti-regime demonstrations in Suwayda.

‘We live under constant existential fear': Conversation with a Syrian Druze activist

Sudanese protesters shout slogans and wave flags during a rally honouring fallen protesters at the Green Square in Khartoum, Sudan July 18, 2019

Iran and Sudan exchange ambassadors after severing ties eight years ago

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy's speedboats move during an exercise in Abu Musa Island, in this picture obtained on August 2, 2023.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards intercepted an UAE-managed tanker

By REUTERS
 A giant fire erupts at an oil storage facility following Israeli strikes in Yemen's Houthi-held port city of Hodeida on July 20, 2024.

'Head of the Octopus': After Hodeidah strike, Israel must look to Iran, fmr. maj.-gen says

By 103FM
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