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Azerbaijani embassy opens

Iran lashes out as Azerbaijan opens embassy in Israel

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İYİ Party's İstanbul office was targeted by gunfire on March 31, 2023.

Bullets hit Turkey's opposition party office ahead of critical polls

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Al-Monitor Staff

Israeli defense system Golan Heights

Suspected Israeli missiles hit Syria for second day in a row

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US army soldiers stand near armoured military vehicles on the outskirts of Rumaylan in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, bordering Turkey, on March 27, 2023. (Photo by Delil souleiman / AFP) (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Pentagon: 8 Iran-backed fighters killed in Syria strikes

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Al-Monitor Staff

Cairo peddler

Egypt raises interest rates again as inflation continues to creep up

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Retired servicemen clash with soldiers outside Lebanon's central bank during a demonstration demanding inflation-adjustments to their pensions, in Beirut on March 30, 2023. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images)

Lebanon abandons $122 million plan to expand airport as military protests erupt

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An Israeli F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft performs manuevers during the "Noble Dina 23" multilateral aeronautical exercise over the Mediterranean sea on March 27, 2023. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Two Syrian soldiers injured in suspected Israeli strikes

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Demonstrators lift national flags during a protest near Baghdad's Green Zone on February 27, 2023.

Iraqis continue to protest controversial electoral law amendment

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A picture shows the headquarters of UAE's state oil company ADNOC in Dubai on July 27, 2022.

UAE-Israel ties strengthen further with offer for NewMed Energy

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wimmers enter the water in the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul's Bebek district on July 29, 2022. - Istanbul, a historic megalopolis of 16 million people resting between two continents and two sea, does not bring to mind immediate images of a beach resort. But just like the locals of New York, Beirut and a handful of other global cities, Istanbulites can swim all summer long and return home on the metro with salt layering their skin, sand trapped under their sandals. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP) (Photo by OZAN K

Culture

Tunis, Istanbul top Middle East city rankings for 'mindful travelers'

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on February 22, 2019. (Photo by HOW HWEE YOUNG / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read HOW HWEE YOUNG/AFP via Getty Images)

Saudi crown prince calls China’s Xi following Iran, energy deals

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Al-Monitor Staff

A customs agreement between Israel and the UAE is signed in the presence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 26, 2023.

Israel, UAE sign customs agreement as Emirati president hosts Naftali Bennett

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