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Nishimura

Japan strengthens energy ties to Saudi Arabia, Oman

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Al-Monitor Staff

An Iraqi man counts Iraqi dinars as he exchanges them for US dollars at a money exchange office, Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 12 2007.

Iraq's Central Bank moves to strengthen dinar against US dollar

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Al-Monitor Staff

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Egypt raises interest rates to end 2022

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Turkey raises minimum wage, keeps interest rates unchanged

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Al-Monitor Staff

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi bank launches new sustainability program

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Al-Monitor Staff

Dignitaries pose together in a family photo at the start of the Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership.

Iraqi PM stresses need for regional reconciliation at summit in Jordan

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Al-Monitor Staff

A picture taken on Nov. 3, 2019, shows a sign of Saudi Aramco's initial public offering.

Saudi Arabia sends blue ammonia to South Korea

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Ground crew unload weapons and other military hardware delivered by the US military at Boryspil International Airport, Boryspil, Ukraine, Jan. 25, 2022.

Turkish military cargo planes stranded in Ukraine return to Turkey

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Al-Monitor Staff

Delegations from Egypt, Israel, Cyprus, Italy, the Palestinian Authority, Jordan, France, the United States and Greece attend the East Mediterranean Gas Forum, Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 16, 2020.

Report: Israel may start exporting gas to Cyprus via new pipeline

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Bulent Kenes

Turkey blasts Swedish extradition refusal as 'very unfavorable'

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Al-Monitor Staff

Governor Rakan al-Jabouri (C) attends the repatriation ceremony for members of Iraq's federal police members who were killed in suspected IS attack, at Kirkuk airport in northern Iraq on December 18, 2022. (Photo by MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP via Getty Images)

Latest Islamic State attack highlights security challenges facing Iraq

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Al-Monitor Staff

People gather near the site of an explosion that hit the police headquarters the day before in the Kurdish majority city of Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, April 12, 2017.

Turkey blames Kurdish militants over car bomb attack wounding nine

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Al-Monitor Staff