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Drone attack on Saudi airport injures 8

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Youths ride donkeys near a US military vehicle crossing a stream polluted by an oil spill near the village of Sukayriyah, in the countryside south of Rumaylan (Rmeilan) in the Kurdish-controlled northeastern Hasakeh province, Syria, July 19, 2020.

Syrian oil spill could hit Cyprus soon

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Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) (L) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) (R) arrive for a briefing with the House of Representatives on the situation in Afghanistan at the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 24, 2021 in Washington, DC.

Congresswoman faces criticism over tweet on Israel holding body of Palestinian

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Netanyahu asked to return state gifts he received as Israeli PM

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Scott Behrens dives for the ball during a friendly game of volleyball with friends in the snow Jan. 25, 2016 in Washington, DC.

Dubai to host region's first snow volleyball tournament

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Israeli Alternate Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benny Gantz attends a Cabinet meeting of the new government at Chagall State Hall in the Knesset, Jerusalem, May 24, 2020.

Gantz announces $155M loan for PA following Abbas meeting

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A Syrian army soldier stands guard at a checkpoint in the village of Kafr Nabl in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on March 7, 2020 as government forces assumed control over it.

Syrian security personnel killed in drive-by shooting

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Jandarma officers monitor Afghan migrants sitting in the back of a smuggler's van that was caught transporting the migrants from the Turkey-Iran border on July 10, 2021 in Caldiran, Turkey.

Turkey won't accept 'refugee burden' from Afghanistan

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In this handout provided by U.S. Central Command Public Affairs, U.S. Air Force loadmasters and pilots assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, load passengers aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) on Aug. 24, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Taliban to seek Qatar’s help running Kabul airport

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Aug. 27 march backing Sadr

Iraq's Muqtada al-Sadr announces support for elections

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In this handout provided by the US Air Force, an aircrew prepares to load evacuees aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.

Turkey, Taliban hold talks in Kabul as airport security in doubt

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Iran's new foreign minister visits Baghdad for regional summit

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