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Middle East Minute for October 16, 2020

Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines and a few upcoming events around the region with Al-Monitor's Middle East Minute video. Lebanon and Israel begin talks over their long-disputed sea border, Iran-backed militias in Iraq agree to stop attacks on US interests, and Saudi Arabia fails in a bid to join the UN Human Rights Council. 

Catch up on some of this week’s biggest headlines and a few upcoming events around the region with Al-Monitor's Middle East Minute video. Lebanon and Israel begin talks over their long-disputed sea border, Iran-backed militias in Iraq agree to stop attacks on US interests, and Saudi Arabia fails in a bid to join the UN Human Rights Council. 

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