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Pictures of Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel who are held hostage in Hamas captivity hang outside the protest tent calling for the release of Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip, outside the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, February 19, 2025.

What is going on in Israel, Lebanon, and Gaza?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Memorial for Shlomo Mantzur who was kidnapped into Gaza on October 7 from Kibbutz Kissufim, October 7, 2024.

Shlomo Mantzur's murder proves the spirit of the Farhud is truly alive

By ALEX WINSTON

Amal Alwan’s paintings convey a sense of everyday life in Baghdad

New Museum of Islamic Art exhibit shines spotlight on Iraq

ISIS training center in Christian church, Iraq.

Mosul's historic churches rise again after IS destruction

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

An Iraqi Jewish family in Baghdad in 1910.

My Jewish family was forced out of our homeland. We must not let Gazans suffer the same fate

By HEN MAZZIG/JTA

A STATUE of a Peshmerga fighter in Kirkuk.

US-backed forces kill five ISIS operatives in Iraq, capture leaders in Syria

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

IDF operates in Tulkarm, West Bank, February 3, 2025.

Israel at war day 486: What happened in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Iraq's ancient lake bed reveals hand axes dating back 1.5 million years.

Iraq's ancient lake bed reveals hand axes dating back 1.5 million years

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Elizabeth Tsurkov was kidnapped in Iraq earlier this year by Iranian-backed terrorist group Kataib Hezbollah.

Iraqi militias eager for three-way hostage exchange for Elizabeth Tsurkov

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Sayeret Haruv forces operate in Jenin, January 31, 2025.

Israel at war: What happened on day 483?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Demonstrators burn the Swedish flag during a protest in Tehran against the insult to the Koran after the Muslim holy book was burned in Stockholm, July 21, 2023.

Man shot dead in Sweden ahead of court verdict over Quran burning

By REUTERS

Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem is pictured during an interview with Reuters at his office in Beirut's suburbs, Lebanon August 3, 2016.

Hezbollah leader highlights support from ‘Iran and Iraq’ during war

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Senior Iraqi and Iranian politicians meeting in Tehran, September 2024

Iran's weakening will not harm Iraq, deputy parliament speaker says

By REUTERS

Elizabeth Tsurkov was kidnapped in Iraq earlier this year by Iranian-backed terrorist group Kataib Hezbollah.

Iraqi FM 'categorically denies' status reports of Israeli-Russian hostage

By CORINNE BAUM

Presidential candidate Abdul Latif Rashid attends a parliamentary session to vote for a new head of state president in Baghdad, Iraq, October 13, 2022.

Iraqi president highlights 'historic' ties with Iran during Davos address

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN