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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.

Two US Air Force F-35A stealth fighter jets fly over the Middle East during a patrol in a photo shared by US Central Command on June 7, 2026.

US military shoots down Iranian attack drones in Hormuz, CENTCOM confirms

A United States Marine Corps Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter) is flown by Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 502 out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar on May 14, 2026 in San Diego, California.

US military shoots down Iranian attack drones as Pakistan says text of US-Iran deal agreed upon

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 29, 2025.

Trump tells Netanyahu it's time for war to end, calls Iran deal 'great'

A US Marine Corps Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft flies over the city during an evacuation drill on May 23, 2026 in Caracas, Venezuela; Illustrative.

US ground mission to capture Iran's uranium paused by Trump

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends the talks with Russian President at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library in Saint Petersburg on April 27, 2026.

No nuclear talks without implementation of interim deal, Iran's Araghchi says

By REUTERS
A woman holds an Iranian flag on a street in Tehran, Iran, June 10, 2026.

UAE denies reports it will unlock billions of dollars for Iran

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meets with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, as delegations from the United States and Iran are expected to hold peace talks, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11, 2026.

Final text of US-Iran peace deal agreed upon, Pakistani PM announces

Hezbollah supporters hold flags and posters during a rally in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon June 10, 2026.

Hezbollah confident any US-Iran deal will include Lebanon, politician says

By REUTERS
US President Donald Trump speaks next to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, May 27, 2026.

Trump claims Tehran leaked false details about terms of potential US-Iran deal

A woman holds an Iranian flag near an anti-US billboard depicting US President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz, in Tehran, Iran, May 25, 2026.

US military shoots down Iranian attack drones as Pakistan says text of US-Iran deal agreed upon

An Iranian drinking water reservoir damaged by strikes, June 10, 2026

US's Wednesday strikes on Iran damaged drinking water facility near Strait of Hormuz

Mahdi Sadeghi, a dual US-Iranian national, appears in an 2024 photo that federal prosecutors in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., obtained from his phone and included in a court filing on January 13, 2025 that depicts Sadeghi with two other individuals, including Mohammad Abedini.

Iran-born engineer wins bail ahead of US trial tied to deadly drone strike

By REUTERS
A general view shows a part of the capital Bangui, Central African Republic, February 16, 2016.

US plans to deport Iranians to Central African Republic, sources say

By REUTERS
A Qatar flag in front of the Doha skyline on September 20, 2025.

Qatar expands national service for non-residents born in the country, children of Qatari mothers

Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Freedom Party, known as PAK take part in a training session at a base on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq.

Drone attack reported in Iraq's Kurdistan region, as US-Iran tensions grow

 An Iranian woman walks on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023

Women seemingly forced to sell hair to survive in Iran, following Armenian smuggling attempt

A motorist rides along the Vanak Square in Tehran on June 10, 2026. Iran's foreign ministry said on June 10 that the United States had damaged the ongoing international diplomatic effort to end the war, after more US strikes on targets in southern Iran.

UAE, Iranian senior officials meet for first time since start of war

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during the 8th General Conference of Fatah in Ramallah in May 2026.

Will European investment into Palestinian economy undermine Israel’s efforts to end pay-for-slay?

US President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One, after attending Game 3 of the NBA Finals, at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, June 8, 2026.

Trump says agreement with Iran approved by all parties involved, including Israel, cancels strikes

INDIAN VESSEL 'Nanda Devi' carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) arrives at Vadinar Port in the Jamnagar district of Gujarat state on March 17, 2026 after Iran allowed it to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, a key energy corridor that remains disrupted by the Middle East war.

Three sailors dead from US strikes on tanker off Oman, India confirms

By REUTERS
A drone is seen flying above the skyline of Beirut's southern suburbs, on June 5, 2026. Lebanon's leaders issued pointed calls for Iran to stop interfering in their country's affairs on June 5, as Israel and the Tehran-backed Hezbollah traded attacks after a new truce deal collapsed.

Debris from intercepted Iranian drone injures child, damages homes in Bahrain

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