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Al-Monitor's State Department Correspondent Elizabeth Hagedorn stands on a balcony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia reporting on President Trump's trip to the Gulf.

President Trump's Visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE

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Plestia Alaqad on Gaza and South Lebanon

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US investor Steve Witkoff attends the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2024.

Who is Trump’s new Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff?

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US Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, speaks next to former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on October 29, 2024. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's cabinet comes together

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How a Harris win could shape the Middle East

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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump

Gaza war looms large over Pennsylvania’s Muslim voters

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Saudi Arabia's PIF downsizes foreign investment

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 28: U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in a joint statement in the East Room of the White House on January 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. The news conference was held to announce the Trump administration's plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)

Jewish voters on the US presidential election

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Attendees arrive for the yearly Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Oct. 24, 2023.

"Davos in the Desert" kicks off in Riyadh

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IMF meetings

IMF releases new forecast for Middle East economies

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ANKARA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 23: Turkish Jandarma stand guard at the entrance to the Turkish Aerospace Industries facility following an attack on October 23, 2024 in Ankara, Turkey. An attack occurred at the Turkish Aerospace Industries facility in Ankara, with preliminary reports suggesting two attackers detonated an explosive device and opened fire at the entrance gate of the facility. (Photo by Serdar Ozsoy/Getty Images)

Attack on Turkey’s defense company TUSAS

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View taken on Oct. 27, 2008, of the Israel Aerospace Industries booth at the world's leading trade show for naval and maritime safety, in Le Bourget, north of Paris.

France again bans Israeli firms from defense fair, deepening diplomatic rift

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