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Smoke billows from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, controlled by the Palestinian Hamas movement, on May 11, 2021.

Hamas open to halting hostilities with Israel, Russia says

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AL-MONITOR Staff

Suez Canal Red Sea entrance

Egypt's Sisi approves plan to widen, deepen Suez Canal after stuck ship

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AL-MONITOR Staff

Erdogan

Erdogan wants to 'teach a deterrent lesson' to Israel

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AL-MONITOR Staff

NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang speaks at a press conference at Tweed Courthouse in Manhattan on May 11, 2021 in New York City.

New York City politicians spar over Israel, Palestine

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AL-MONITOR Staff

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Intel: US reaches out to Egypt over Israel-Palestine violence

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AL-MONITOR Staff

A torched observation post is seen outside a religious Jewish school in the central city of Lod, near Tel Aviv, following nighttime clashes between Arab Israelis and Israeli Jews, Israel, May 11, 2021.

Protests, violence break out in mixed Jewish-Arab cities of Israel

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AL-MONITOR Staff

A picture shows an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip, controlled by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, on May 10, 2021. Israel launched deadly airstrikes on Gaza in response to a barrage of rockets fired by the Islamist movement Hamas amid spiraling violence sparked by unrest at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Mixed reactions from Congress to Jerusalem conflict

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AL-MONITOR Staff

An employee of the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) looks at 25 January 2005 the Gathering Center No.15 of al-Rawdatain field, 100 kms north of Kuwait City, following its inauguration just three years after coming under explosion.

Fire breaks out at Kuwait's largest oil field

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AL-MONITOR Staff

US Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) speaks during a news conference with members of the Democratic Women's Caucus prior to State of the Union at the US Capitol on Feb. 4, 2020 in Washington, DC.

Top Democrats urge Biden to lift sanctions on Tehran in good faith

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AL-MONITOR Staff

Lisa Smith

Irish woman accused of Islamic State membership wins right to visit family in UK

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AL-MONITOR Staff

Sanaa rally against Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia confirms talks with Iran, plays down breakthrough

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AL-MONITOR Staff

Lenderking and Griffths

State Department: Yemen's Houthis passed up opportunity for peace

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AL-MONITOR Staff