Middle East
Iran's president says interaction with supreme leader is currently 'very difficult'
The comments followed a report by Iran’s Tabnak media site on Monday saying that Khamenei warned Pezeshkian that he (Khamenei) would accept the Iranian president's resignation if he resubmits it.
Lebanese PM accuses Hezbollah chief of 'serving Israel' ahead of talks
Iraq struggles to pay public salaries as Strait of Hormuz crisis deepens
Trump declared victory in Iran. The war says otherwise - opinion
US primary shakeups and Netanyahu’s Gaza red line
The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs - the top stories, clear and concise.
Israel requests to stop Rome talks as IDF launches strikes in southern Lebanon
Katz reportedly halts IDF withdrawal from Gaza border towns • Hamas shifts covert operations to Turkey • Tehran conditions Hormuz reopening on US returning to MoU commitments, Iran's deputy FM says
Syria bets on tourism revival, but visitor surge faces test of security, services
The Tourism Ministry says Syria received 3.52 million visitors in the first half of 2026, up 111% from the same period last year, however, most of these ‘visitors’ were Syrian expatriates.
Trump’s Syria-Iraq pipeline plan aims to weaken Iran’s leverage - opinion
Trump is backing a revived Iraq-Syria oil pipeline to bypass the Strait of Hormuz and reshape Middle East energy.
US and Iran disagree on war casualty numbers
The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs - the top stories, clear and concise.
BoP briefed bipartisan US congressional advisers on Trump Gaza plan, senior member tells 'Post'
The delegation was led by senior adviser Josh Gruenbaum, while Gen. Mark Schwartz (ret.), the Board’s security lead, participated remotely.
Strikes in Gaza require IDF chief's approval, Iran, Oman inch closer to Hormuz deal
Iran will not allow US to open new route through Hormuz • Qatar, Egypt, Turkey condemn Israeli military action in Gaza • 'Resistance is Hamas's holy mission': Terror spox. tells Piers Morgan
Iran Foreign Ministry denies talks with US, says no meetings planned, despite Trump claims - report
Baghaei told the WSJ that all of Iran's negotiators were still in the country, except for Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi who was visiting a religious site in Iraq.
The war against the Jewish state began long before Israel was established - opinion
The war against the Jewish state began almost 150 years ago, well before the Balfour Declaration and before the first Zionist Congress organized by Theodor Herzl in Basel in 1897...
The Gulf tried to prosper without choosing sides. Iran is making that impossible - opinion
For years, Israel asked how other countries would respond if missiles were routinely fired at their civilians. The Gulf States are now confronting that question themselves.
