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.

Syrian forces suffer 14 casualties in ambush as unrest reaches Assad’s loyalist regions

The HTS soldiers were allegedly targeting a former Assad soldier who worked at Sednaya prison.

26/12/2024

What do the Houthis hope to achieve as they lash out on Israel?

The Houthis are lashing out. They are willing to confront the US, Israel, and perhaps Saudi Arabia and other states.

Iran shifts to foreign policy, but it has to shake violent past

"Iran must respect the will of the Syrian people and the country's sovereignty and security," Syria’s new Foreign Minister wrote on X.

UNRWA is a persistent challenge, not a solution

It is past time to replace UNRWA - which has done less to help the Palestinians than to perpetuate the conflict - with organizations that are not rife with terrorists and terrorist enablers.

By AMI H. ORKABY
25/12/2024

Unprecedented intel. penetration: How the IDF blocked Hezbollah's doomsday attacks on Tel Aviv

IDF intelligence branches spent years separately diagnosing each level of Hezbollah's firepower.

The inside story of the IDF's role in Hezbollah pager explosions

Both the IDF and the Mossad funded different aspects of the operation, understanding that the goal was to decisively defeat Hezbollah at the right moment, whenever that might be.

War in Lebanon saw IDF seize 85,000 Hezbollah items from over 30 villages

The IDF also said on Wednesday that it killed 3,851 Hezbollah terrorists and wounded around 9,000.

Houthis raise combat readiness to the highest level expecting Israeli retaliation

The Houthis ordered the evacuation of areas near the port in the major coastal city of Hodeidah and moved military forces to the frontline with government forces.

 The damaged site where Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanon December 1, 2024

Hezbollah reveals location of Nasrallah's tomb

Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a Hezbollah stronghold in Dahiyeh, in southern Beirut.

Iran takes first steps toward easing its broad social media bans

Iran’s government has faced criticism for years from ordinary Iranians, Western governments, the United Nations, and political activists for its draconian attitude toward the internet.

By GOLNAR MOTEVALLI , ARSALAN SHAHLA/BLOOMBERG NEWS/TNS
25/12/2024
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