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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.

 (L-R) US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu see on top of Saudi Arabian, US, and Israeli flags (illustrative)

US-Saudi nuclear talks: Was Biden a better friend for Israel than Trump?

 The satellite images obtained by Fox News on May 8, 2025 of the Iranian nuclear weapons facility.

Iran's hidden nuclear facility uncovered by satellite imagery

 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander-in-Chief Major General, Hossein Salami and Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, attend a ceremony.

IRGC commander says Iran will open the 'gates of hell' if the US, Israel attack

 Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari, speaks in Doha, Qatar, February 20, 2024.

Qatar’s funding of Syrian salaries: A strategic move in regional politics

 People turn on their phone lights as they participate in a demonstration organized by the country's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) against the detention of the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 7, 2025.

Jailed Istanbul mayor, Erdogan political rival's X account blocked in Turkey

By REUTERS
Members of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and the Israeli military put in place the Trident Pier, a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid, on the Gaza coast, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, May 16, 2024.

Gaza aid pier: Why 62 US troops were hurt in a mission that shouldn't have happened

 A view of the Uri-II hydroelectric project dam on the Jhelum River which flows from Indian Kashmir into Pakistan-administered Kashmir, near Uri in India-administered Kashmir's Baramulla district, May 7, 2025.

Iran's foreign minister repeats call for restraint in India-Pakistan standoff during India visit

By REUTERS
Planes that belong to the Royal Jordanian Airlines and other companies are parked at the Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan February 23, 2020.

Royal Jordanian resumes direct flights to Aleppo after 14-year pause

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
 The Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq Al Said visits the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel on December 4, 2024 in Waterloo, Belgium.

Oman best channel to deal with Iran, Houthis, source tells Post

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

Lebanese officials discuss oil pipeline, energy cooperation during Baghdad visit

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
 Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al-Sudani (R) meets Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati (L) in New York, September 2024.

Iraq reaffirms support for Lebanon during high-level talks

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
 The United States’ comments that an expansion of the Abraham Accords is near has led to whispers Saudi Arabia could be next to sign an agreement with Israel.

Could Saudi Arabia be next piece of Abraham Accords puzzle?

(L-R) Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

UAE mediating secret talks between Israel and Syria, sources say

Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, mark the annual al-Quds Day on the last Friday of Ramadan, in Sana'a, Yemen, March 28, 2025

US-Houthi ceasefire deal does not include Israel, says Houthi spokesperson

By REUTERS
 A view of a destroyed plane at Sanaa International Airport, in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike, in Sanaa, Yemen, May 7, 2025.

Damages from Israeli strike on Sanaa airport amounts to $500m., Yemen assesses

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

Iran's cautious game: Balancing US nuclear talks, Yemen policy

American soldiers stand guard at Trident Pier, a temporary pier to deliver aid off the Gaza Strip, June 25, 2024

Biden's Gaza pier injured far more troops than previously known

By REUTERS
 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks with an unidentified Omani official upon his arrival at Muscat ahead of negotiations with the U.S., in Muscat, Oman, April 25, 2025.

Why Oman helped stop US-Houthi war

 International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva attends a press conference with Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly in the Cabinet at the New Administrative Capital (NAC) in the east of Cairo, Egypt, November 3, 2024.

Egypt finalizes $6 billion in state asset sales across 11 sectors

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
 Armed Houthi followers hold RPG launchers as they take part in a parade during a protest to decry the U.S.-led strikes on Houthi targets and to show support to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near Sanaa, Yemen Januar

We’ve mediated ceasefire between Houthis, US – Oman

 Military aircraft fly in formation, as tourists look on, at the Giza pyramid complex, as China and Egypt conduct their first joint air force exercise, in Giza, Egypt May 1, 2025.

'Eagles of Civilization 2025' the joint Egypt-China air force drill and its significance

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