Middle East

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.

 Handcuffed hands rest on prison bars. (Illustrative)

UAE keeping rights activists in jail past end of sentences - UN document

 GOV. RON DESANTIS in Tampa, Florida.

Voices from the Arab press: From the Gulf to the Red Sea

By THE MEDIA LINE
 Hezbollah members take part in a military exercise during a media tour organized for the occasion of Resistance and Liberation Day, in Aaramta, Lebanon May 21, 2023.

Lebanon's Hezbollah says not linked to accused in peacekeeper killing

By REUTERS
 A UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) vehicle drives near a picture showing Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in Adaisseh village, near the Lebanese-Israeli border, southern Lebanon, October 11, 2022

Hezbollah members accused over killing of Irish UNIFIL officer in Lebanon

By REUTERS
Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein and Rajwa Al Saif greet Queen Jetsun Pema of Bhutan during a reception on the day of the royal wedding of Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein and Rajwa Al Saif, in Amman, Jordan, June 1, 2023.

Love or politics? Jordan’s Crown Prince ties the knot with Saudi bride

By CRYSTAL JONES/THE MEDIA LINE
 Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry attend a news conference in Cairo, Egypt March 18, 2023.

Diplomatic thaw between Turkey and Egypt expected to boost trade

By KRISTINA JOVANOVSKI/THE MEDIA LINE
 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi looks on during a news conference with Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Eslami as they meet in Tehran, Iran, March 4, 2023.

Israel: IAEA let Iran hoodwink it over nuclear site

A Ghadr 1 class Shahab 3 long range missile is prepared for launch during a test from an unknown location in central Iran

Close to midnight on an Iranian nuke: What matters now and what doesn’t

 SUPPORTERS OF Hamas and Islamic Jihad take part in a rally to celebrate the shooting attack at the Ilka Bar in Tel Aviv, in the southern Gaza Strip, last April

Amid rapprochement with Iran, Egypt invites Hamas, Jihad leaders to Cairo

An Iranian Jew prays at the Abrishami synagogue at Palestine street in Tehran December 24, 2015.

Under pressure Iranian Jews memorialize Khomeini‘s death

 A missile is launched during an annual drill in the coastal area of the Gulf of Oman and near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran

Iran to increase attacks on US by arming groups in Syria - report

 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters following his victory in the second round of the presidential election at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey May 29, 2023.

Turkey's democratic decline: Why jailed opposition head 'retired' from politics - analysis

 A SURVEILLANCE camera is displayed by IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi at a news conference in Vienna, earlier this month. Grossi warned that it would be fatal to the Iran nuclear deal if Tehran didn’t reinstall cameras used by the IAEA to monitor nuclear acticvity.

IAEA likely to close some probes on Iranian nuclear sites - source

A view of the Natanz uranium enrichment facility 250 km (155 miles) south of the Iranian capital Tehran, March 30, 2005.

Not all Iranian nuclear sites restored cameras, monitoring - IAEA

By REUTERS
 The son of a Syrian refugee Mohammed al-Kashif stands at the entrance of a tent, where Mohammed lives with his family on a public park ground, after his house collapsed due to the deadly earthquake, in Adiyaman, Turkey February 15, 2023.

Turkey's Erdogan faces struggle to meet Syrian refugee promise

By REUTERS
Foreign Affairs Minister Eli Cohen seen before the arrival of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, January 30, 2023.

Foreign Ministry slams Qatari paper for urging terror attacks against Israelis - exclusive

The Security Council chamber is seen from behind the council president's chair at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, September 18, 2015

UAE positions itself for UN Security Council presidency

 Members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) march during a parade marking the annual al-Quds Day, (Jerusalem Day), at Burj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon April 14, 2023.

Palestinian terror group blames Israel for overnight airstrike on Lebanon-Syria border

 Qatar's then deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, speaks during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in Washington, U.S. February 10, 2023

Qatar prime minister, Taliban chief hold secret Afghan talks - source

By REUTERS
 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speaks during the Gulf Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

US dilemma: How much to pay for Israel-Saudi ties that serve US national interests - analysis

 A new surface-to-surface ballistic missile called Khaibar with a range of 2,000 km, unveiled by Iran, is seen in Tehran, Iran, May 25, 2023

Iran makes moves with IAEA, ballistic missiles – what are they up to? - analysis

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