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An Egyptian vendor carries a rack of Egyptian traditional 'Baladi' bread in Al Fustat neighborhood on May 2, 2022 in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt imports 80% of its wheat supply from Russia and Ukraine, whose production and export have been disrupted by the invasion. (Photo by Roger Anis/Getty Images)

Al-Monitor/Premise poll: Majority in Egypt, Turkey and Tunisia on edge over food access

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Al-Monitor Staff

Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, Brett McGurk, speaks during a press conference in Amman on November 6, 2016. (Photo credit should read AHMAD ABDO/AFP via Getty Images)

Iraq's PM Sudani hosted US envoy ahead of meeting Iran's Quds commander

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Al-Monitor Staff

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C) and Formula One Group CEO Stefano Domenicali (R).

Saudi Arabia launches investment fund for sports, entertainment events

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Al-Monitor Staff

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (C), Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar (R) and head of the Turkish Intelligence Organization Hakan Fidan (L).

Turkey's intel chief visits Libya following trip by CIA head

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Al-Monitor Staff

A Yemeni woman shops at a market in Yemen's third city of Taiz, on December 15, 2022. - Yemeni society, although deeply conservative, has traditionally allowed space for individual freedoms. But this is changing under the Huthi movement, which was founded with the aim of pushing for a theocracy. (Photo by AHMAD AL-BASHA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Women's campaign in Yemen protests Houthi dress code rules

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UAE to store carbon dioxide in rocks

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Al-Monitor Staff

Lebanon's Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh gives an interview with AFP at his office in the capital Beirut on December 20, 2021. (Photo by JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images)

European investigative team in Lebanon starts probe into Riad Salameh

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Al-Monitor Staff

Iraq Sadr

Iraq's Sadr indicates return to politics in public prayer session

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Al-Monitor Staff

F-16 jet

US working with Congress towards Turkey F-16 sale

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Al-Monitor Staff

Guests attend the Global AI 2020 Summit, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 21, 2020.

Investment in Saudi Arabia startups in 2022 nears $1 billion

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Al-Monitor Staff

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Iran's top diplomat to visit Turkey amid Erdogan-Assad thaw

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Al-Monitor Staff

Stock Market Exchange on a skyscraper in dubai background - Getty / stock photo

UAE announces new guidance to control money laundering

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Al-Monitor Staff