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Slimane Bouhafs

Amnesty calls for Tunisian authorities to 'come clean' over role in illegal rendition of Algerian activist

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AL-MONITOR Staff

A man carries bread on a wheelbarrow at a market in downtown Kabul on Aug. 28, 2021, following the Taliban's stunning military takeover of Afghanistan.

UAE sends aid to Taliban’s Afghanistan

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AL-MONITOR Staff

Laboratory workers fill boxes with vials of China's Sinovac vaccine against the coronavirus, produced by the Egyptian company VACSERA, in the capital, Cairo, on Sept. 1, 2021.

Egypt to receive Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses

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AL-MONITOR Staff

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Islamic State 'Beatles' member pleads guilty in US hostage-taking case

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AL-MONITOR Staff

A picture take from the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights shows Israeli Aermacchi M-364 planes performing over Qiryat Shemona near the border with Lebanon (background), during celebrations marking Israel's 73rd Independence Day, April 15, 2021.

Israeli military: Missile fired from Syria toward Israel exploded over sea

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AL-MONITOR Staff

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (R) meets with Chairman of US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Menendez at the Maximos Mansion in Athens, on Aug. 26, 2021.

Northern Cyprus president blasts US senator's call for Turkish soldiers to leave island

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AL-MONITOR Staff

Aviem Sella

Israel’s military promotes handler of jailed US spy to brigadier general

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AL-MONITOR Staff

This courtroom sketch shows Iranian defendant Hamid Noury (2ndL) sitting in the District Court of Stockholm with his defense attorney Daniel Marcus (3rdL) on the opening of his trial for "war crimes and murder" on Aug. 10, 2021.

Iran opens 'drug-trafficking' trial of two Swedish nationals

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AL-MONITOR Staff

US Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger speaks to the press after a hearing for former British Islamic State fighters Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, dubbed the "Beatles," at the US District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, Oct. 9, 2020.

Member of IS 'Beatles' expected to plead guilty in US courtroom

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AL-MONITOR Staff

This picture shows containers and cranes on a dock of Haifa port, Israel, June 24, 2021.

Israel opens Chinese-run terminal at Haifa port

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AL-MONITOR Staff

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Iranian tanker carrying fuel for Lebanon to dock in Syria

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AL-MONITOR Staff

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Abu Dhabi lifts quarantine requirement for vaccinated travelers

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AL-MONITOR Staff