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Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu (6th-L) attends a ceremony at Taksim Square to mark the National Sovereignty and Children’s Day holiday on the first day of a four-day lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, Istanbul, Turkey, April 23, 2020.

Turkish government probes city of Istanbul employees for alleged terror links

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AL-MONITOR Staff

Saudi-backed government troops repel a Huthi rebel offensive on oil-rich Marib, some 120 kilometres (75 miles) east of Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa, on Feb. 14, 2021.

Saudi-led coalition renews airstrikes against Yemen's Houthis

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AL-MONITOR Staff

Ukrainian servicemen take part in the joint Rapid Trident military exercises with the United States and other NATO countries nor far from Lviv on Sept. 24, 2021, as tensions with Russia remain high over the Kremlin-backed insurgency in the country's east.

Turkey urges Russia to moderate demands on NATO over Ukraine

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AL-MONITOR Staff

Cavusoglu

Turkish and Armenian envoys to meet in Moscow

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AL-MONITOR Staff

Iraqi judges attend a court session at the Supreme Judicial Council in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Dec. 27, 2021.

Iraqi court certifies election results

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AL-MONITOR Staff

Women carry goods down train tracks in the village of Shaibah, near Basra in southern Iraq, April 10, 2003.

Iran, Iraq agree to connect rail networks

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) meets with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza (R) at the Casa Amarilla palace in Caracas, on Nov. 5, 2020.

Venezuela's Maduro plans to visit Iran 'very soon'

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AL-MONITOR Staff

Gulf Navy

US Navy seizes thousands of guns bound for Yemen’s Houthis

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AL-MONITOR Staff

A man reads a newspaper announcing the death of Osama bin Laden, at a newsstand in Rio de Janeiro on May 2, 2011.

US government designates alleged al-Qaeda network in Brazil

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AL-MONITOR Staff

Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki speaks during a press conference on Sept. 14, 2017, in Tunis.

Tunisian court sentences ex-president Marzouki in absentia

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AL-MONITOR Staff

Istanbul airport

Turkey arrests US citizen over selling passport, state media says

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AL-MONITOR Staff

Syrian Health Minister Hassan al-Ghabash (R) and the Chinese Ambassador in his country Feng Biao (L) take part in a ceremony upon the arrival of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, in the capital, Damascus, on Nov. 14, 2021.

China provides grant to Syrian nonprofit

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AL-MONITOR Staff