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Israel's three-way deal on Iran in Syria and Russia in the G-7

Gulf

Is the GCC dead?

Russia / Mideast

Iran may become third wheel in Saudi-Russian relationship

Turkey

Battle for Kurdish vote turns violent, leaves four dead in Turkey's Suruc

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Editors' picks

Why Egypt wants China's Sphinx replica beheaded

Turkey ramps up HIV awareness campaign

Israeli bill forbids documentation of IDF abuses

Abbas agrees to end death penalty, but Hamas objects

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From our pulses:

From our pulses:

Egypt

Egypt braces for spillover from Turkey’s economic crisis

Egyptian censors succumb to 'Karma'

Egypt

Egyptian MPs open Pandora's box on popular soccer team's finances

Egypt

Can Egyptian families be persuaded that less is more?

Gulf

Saudi Arabia bails out Jordan

Kuwait's careful balancing act with Iran, Saudi Arabia

Gulf

Saudi defense spending soars, but not to America's benefit

Gulf

Saudi belligerence on Iran threatens US

Iran

Why do Iranian conservatives hate this top-rated TV series?

How rial's devaluation may boost Iranian economy

Iran

How Russia-Israel engagement is benefiting Iran

Iran

Iranian nationalism grows amid rising US pressure

Iraq

Will Iraqi communists stick with Sadr’s Sairoon Alliance?

Iraqi militias, US make nice following elections

Iraq

Will Iraq's Qandil become Erdogan’s quagmire?

Iraq

Does Mhebis, a Ramadan tradition, have a future in Iraq?

Israel

How changing West Bank name could advance peace

Israel's Labor party in search of a savior

Israel

Police not apologizing over death of Israeli Bedouin

Israel

How IDF chief shapes Israeli military

Jordan

Does latest Gulf aid to Jordan come with strings?

Saudi Arabia bails out Jordan

Israel squeezes Abu Mazen as West Bank simmers in solidarity with Gaza, Jordan protests

Palestine

Jordan protests thrill, unnerve Palestinians

Lebanon

Middle Eastern artists give traditional art a modern twist

Lebanese women determined to continue fight for more political representation

Lebanon

Morocco-Algeria tensions flare over claims of Hezbollah support to Polisario

Lebanon

Is Lebanon's new recycling project a bunch of garbage?

North Africa

Tunisia hopes boost in Chinese investment can ease economic woes

Tunisian doctors sound alarm on health system collapse

Palestine

Can PA's push for e-payments help ease its cash crunch?

US-Kuwait ties strained over Israel's response to Gaza protests

Palestine

Gaza women fight for fairer, faster divorces

Palestine

Rapid spread of gas stations fuels controversy in Gaza

Syria

Too much at stake for full-on conflict in southern Syria

Syrians injured in war find hope for employment

Syria

Syria's not waiting for peace to rebuild, and Iran wants to help

Syria

Syrians making trek home from Turkey for holiday

Turkey

As dollar rises, Turkey's tourism income suffers

Sharp increase in Iranian visitors revitalizes Turkey's tourism sector

Turkey

Turkey takes on Kurds in evolving Qandil operation

Turkey

Turkey cultivating ever-deeper roots in Syrian territory

Breaking News

2018-06-19T05:45:12

Record 68.5 million people displaced worldwide: UN

2018-06-19T04:35:08

Displaced Syrians find relief in tent-side World Cup screenings

2018-06-19T02:00:03

OPEC braces for tough Vienna talks on hiking oil output

2018-06-18T21:15:03

Saudi World Cup team's plane suffers engine fire

2018-06-18T20:55:03

Netanyahu meets King Abdullah in Jordan for rare talks

2018-06-18T20:35:03

Head of Saudi entertainment authority sacked

2018-06-18T20:15:03

UN chief warns of risk of war in Gaza

2018-06-18T18:55:03

Fierce fighting in Yemen forces thousands from their homes

2018-06-18T17:55:13

Egypt's shrinking 'Pharaonic Sea' has fishermen worried

2018-06-18T17:25:03

Holy Land churches cry foul over Israeli legislation on lands

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People wave flags as they attend a campaign event for Turkey's main pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in Silvan, Diyarbakir province, Turkey, June 5, 2018.

REUTERS/Umit Bektas

CULTURE

Sharp increase in Iranian visitors revitalizes Turkey's tourism sector

Syrians injured in war find hope for employment

Arts and entertainment

Why do Iranian conservatives hate this top-rated TV series?

RUSSIA MIDEAST

Oil and politics

Saudi crown prince, Putin boost energy cooperation in Moscow meeting

Syria war spillover

Moscow’s take on US-Turkey Manbij deal: Wait and see

Iran could become collateral damage of OPEC decision

WASHINGTON

Congress seeks to insulate Oman from Yemen instability

Iraqi elections

Congress targets election winners in Iraq

Defense/Security cooperation

Pompeo calls for review of security assistance to Lebanon

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