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Mourners carry the coffin of an Iraqi demonstrator, who was killed during ongoing anti-government protests in Basra, Iraq May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer - RC2DMG92E3JK

Iraq arrests pro-Iran militiamen accused of killing protester

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - FEBRUARY 27: Iranian navy stand on the Kharg ship at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia on February 27, 2020. The Kharg ship visit is part of 70th diplomatic relationship Islamic Republic of Iran-Republic of Indonesia. Kharg starts the journey from Abbas harbour in Iran, carries 300 Iranian navy student who will do sport activity together with the Indonesian navy during docked in Jakarta 25-28 February. (Photo by Anton Raharjo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

19 sailors dead after Iran accidentally fires missile on own ship

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Al-Monitor Staff

Jordanian traders follow the market's movements at the Amman Stock Exchange on October 21, 2008. Jordan's King Abdullah II announced earlier this month a series of economic measures for his cash-strapped desert kingdom, where inflation and unemployment are both hovering around 15 percent. AFP PHOTO/KHALIL MAZRAAWI (Photo credit should read KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images)

Jordan reopens stock market after two months, value falls

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Al-Monitor Staff

TEHRAN, April 30, 2020 .People wearing face masks walk on a street in downtown Tehran, Iran, on April 29, 2020. Iran's Health Ministry on Wednesday reported 1,073 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to 93,657, state TV reported. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua via Getty)

Part of Iran's oil-rich southwest goes under lockdown again

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Al-Monitor Staff

Nurses receive training on using ventilators, recently provided by the World Health Organization at the intensive care ward of a hospital allocated for novel coronavirus patients in preparation for any possible spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sanaa, Yemen April 8, 2020. Picture taken April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - RC231G9K4EXG

Intel: WHO suspends Yemen staff activity over 'credible threats' in Houthi-held territory

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

A man rides a motorbike past damaged buildings in the rebel-held town of Nairab, Idlib region, Syria April 17, 2020. Picture taken April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi - RC2C8G9K3BBG

Amnesty: Syria, Russia responsible for war crimes in Idlib

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Al-Monitor Staff

A Jewish shepherd wears a prayer shawl as he stands near houses in the Israeli settlement of Mitzpe Yericho in the Jordan Valley in the Israeli-occupied West Bank January 27, 2020. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun - RC2COE9DADQT

Poll: Most Israeli Jews support annexing parts of West Bank

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Al-Monitor Staff

Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn and his wife Carole Ghosn talk during an interview with Reuters in Beirut, Lebanon January 14, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir - RC2TFE9TNASO

Turkey charges 7 over ex-Nissan boss’s escape to Lebanon

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Al-Monitor Staff

Kuwaiti boys wearing protective face masks and quarantine tracking bracelets, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), pose for the camera as they hold up their passports upon arrival from Amman, to Kuwait Airport in Kuwait, Kuwait April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee - RC229G91CPDO

Kuwait announces full curfew as other countries ease restrictions

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Al-Monitor Staff

A member of Libyan National Army (LNA) commanded by Khalifa Haftar, points his gun to the image of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan hanged on a Turkish military armored vehicle, which LNA said they confiscated during Tripoli clashes, in Benghazi, Libya January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori - RC25PE9CSRRF

Intel: Trump administration singles out Russia’s role in Libya war

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Al-Monitor Staff

Shells strike near Turkish, Italian embassies in central Tripoli, Libya

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Al-Monitor Staff

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks with U.S. troops in front of a Patriot missile battery at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Idrees Ali - RC1642C0F3F0

Intel: US to withdraw Patriot missile systems from Saudi Arabia

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff