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Biden didn’t go to Turkey, and things aren’t okay with Erdogan 

Erdogan
Week in Review | Turkey | May 27, 2022
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US disturbed by Iraqi law criminalizing Israel ties

Al-Monitor Staff | Iraq | May 27, 2022
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Turkish women's rights activists decry racism in their name

Pinar Tremblay | Turkey | May 27, 2022

Canada cancels soccer match with Iran amid protest

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Adam Lucente | Iran | May 27, 2022

Istanbul art exhibit celebrates Turkey’s groundbreaking female artists

Women's art exhitbit
Ayla Jean Yackley | Turkey | May 27, 2022

Israeli leadership divided on Iran deal

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Ben Caspit | Israel | May 27, 2022

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Barham Salih, prime minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region Government, speaks during a conference of Kurdistan-Iraq Oil and Gas forum, Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, Nov. 13, 2011.

Dispute over Iraqi Kurdistan's energy resources ramps up

Haider Ibrahim | Iraq | May 27, 2022
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Abu Dhabi special acquisition firm begins trading on stock exchange

Adam Lucente | Gulf | May 27, 2022
The Israeli Firkat Alnoor orchestra at the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, May 21, 2022.

Israel seeks to double trade with Egypt

Danny Zaken | Israel | May 27, 2022

Politics & Security

Israeli flags flutter at the military cemetery on the Mount of Olives.

Hamas warns Israel against flag march in Al-Aqsa

Taghreed Ali | Palestine | May 28, 2022
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Iran seizes two Greek tankers after US, Greece seize Iranian fuel

Al-Monitor Staff | Iran | May 27, 2022

Syrians reject trench dug by Turkish army near Aleppo

Khaled al-Khateb | Syria | May 27, 2022

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Moroccan Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation Minister Abdellatif Miraoui and Israeli Science and Technology Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen.

Israeli, Moroccan ministers of science and technology sign cooperation agreement

Rina Bassist | Israel | May 26, 2022
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Can urban transport reform put brakes on Gulf's car centric culture?

Sebastian Castelier | Gulf | May 25, 2022
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Abu Dhabi to partner with British Petroleum on hydrogen power

Adam Lucente | Gulf | May 24, 2022

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Bee populations plummet in Gaza

Amany Mahmoud | Palestine | May 28, 2022
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Renowned Iraqi poet Muzaffar al-Nawab dies

Lujain Elbaldawi | Iraq | May 27, 2022

Abu Dhabi gears up for first natural history museum in Gulf region

Rabih Damaj | Gulf | May 25, 2022

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Iran unveils underground drone base

Agence France-Presse | AFP | May 28, 2022

Iran police tear-gas protesters after building collapse: media

Iranian Vice President Mohammad Mokhber (2nd-R), shown visiting the site of the collapsed building, said there had been "widespread corruption"
Agence France-Presse | AFP | May 28, 2022

Iran Revolutionary Guards say seized two Greek tankers in Gulf

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), like these members shown in a handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency on September 22, 2019, seized two Greek oil tankers in the Gulf
by Payam DOOST MOHAMADI | AFP | May 27, 2022
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Al-Monitor correspondent Elizabeth Hagedorn discusses US policy toward Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Biden’s upcoming travel to the Middle East

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Israeli-French filmmaker Amos Gitai talks about his celebrated body of work that examines the Arab-Israeli conflict, traumas of war and celebration of life amid adversity

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Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Roll: government not about to fall

Idan Roll
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Middle East Minute: Erdogan threatens new military operation in northeast Syria

Middle East Minute: Erdogan threatens new military operation in northeast Syria

Ancient temple to Greek god Zeus discovered in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula

Ancient temple to Greek god Zeus discovered in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula

Middle East Minute: Finland holds "open and direct" talks with Turkey

Middle East Minute: Finland holds "open and direct" talks with Turkey
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