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An undated image of Baraa al-Qaterji (L) with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

Syrian businessman with ties to Assad killed in suspected Israeli airstrike

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 04: Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines speaks during a hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee on May 04, 2023 in Washington, DC. Haines testified alongside Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier and took questions on the intelligence communities annual threat assessment. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Top intelligence official warns Iran meddling in Gaza protests inside US

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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 1: U.S. President Joe Biden arrives for a news conference following the Supreme Court's ruling on charges against former President Donald Trump that he sought to subvert the 2020 election, at the White House on July 1, 2024 in Washington, DC. The highest court ruled 6-3 that presidents have some level of immunity from prosecution when operating within their "constitutional authority," but do not have absolute immunity. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Middle East crises loom in background as NATO leaders gather in Washington

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US sanctions 'shadow banking network' used by Iran's military

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Turkey: UK issues sex-crime warning for travelers, reports 42 cases in 2023

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US national security adviser Jake Sullivan answers questions during the daily press briefing at the White House on May 13, 2024, in Washington, DC.

Top Israeli officials meet with Biden’s national security adviser

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Turkish anti riot police officers block the street of Santa Maria church after an attack in Istanbul, on Jan. 28, 2024.

US, Turkey sanction ISIS smuggling group linked to Istanbul church attack

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US President Joe Biden (R) and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hold bilateral talks the NATO Summit in Vilnius on July 11, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Erdogan and Biden may meet at NATO's US summit in July, ambassador says

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Ofir Tamir shows a placard of Noa Argamani during a press conference with other relatives of hostages said to be held in Gaza, at the Danish Parliament Christiansborg in Copenhagen, Denmark on October 30, 2023, during a meeting organized by 'The Missing Hostages Family Forum' and politician Rasmus Stoklund from the Social Democrats. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an

Israel rescues four hostages from Gaza, at least 100 Palestinians killed

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Palestinians Hamas militants wearing headbands reading in Arabic "the Lion's Den", in reference to the Nablus based Lion's Den armed group, march in support of the group in Gaza City on Dec. 10, 2022.

US sanctions Palestinian Lion's Den armed group in West Bank

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White House Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGurk arrives at the US Capitol on April 18, 2024 in Washington, DC.

CIA chief heads to Qatar, McGurk to Egypt as US presses for Gaza deal

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A man looks at artifacts, under restoration after being destroyed by the Islamic State (IS) group, at the Mosul Museum in Iraq's northern city on May 11, 2023.

Iraq recovers over 6,000 stolen historical artifacts, government says

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