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US slaps new sanctions on Hezbollah-linked individuals
US is 'committed to disrupting Hezbollah’s illicit activity and attempts to evade sanctions'
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Tunisia: Shipwreck leaves four migrants dead, seven missing
Jebabli says 'Search operations to find the other missing persons are continuing'
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IS prison attack: At least 20 Kurdish security forces killed
The SDF says it is 'dealing with a second mass prison break attempt by IS militants'
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Red Cross, Houthis report airstrike on Yemen prison
Omar says 'ICRC teams are inspecting the location to verify the numbers of dead and injured'
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Yemen’s internet goes dark after Saudi coalition airstrike
Internet watchdog Netblocks confirms a 'nation-scale collapse of internet connectivity'
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UAE's tolerant textbooks 'a model for others to emulate'
Sheff says 'Putting Israel on the map I think is the next obvious stage'
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Lebanon's healthcare on brink of collapse amid crisis
'If this crisis goes on for long without solutions, we will, of course, come closer to a great collapse'
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Trilateral naval drills between China, Russia and Iran start Friday
The '2022 Marine Security Belt' exercise will take place in the north of the Indian Ocean
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Ancient prayer room unearthed beneath Iraq’s Al-Nuri mosque
Nasser says the discovery 'amplifies the importance of this historical and archeological site'
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Libya oil company chief appeals for state investment
Mustafa Sanalla calls for more government funding during rare press conference in Tripoli
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UAE aims to be a world leader in hydrogen exports
Gulf state wants to capture a quarter of global market share for alternative fuel
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Oil flow resumes in Iraq-Turkey pipeline after blast
The pipeline carries crude oil from Iraq's Kurdistan region for export from Turkey's port of Ceyhan
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Dubai's Emirates suspends several flights to US on 5G concerns
The airline mainly uses the Boeing 777, a plane particularly affected by the new high-speed wireless service
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Acting Taliban PM calls on world for official recognition
Muttaqi says 'Humanitarian aid is the short-term solution to economic problems'
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Jerusalem police evict Palestinian family, arrest 18
Palestinians constitute more than 34 percent of Jerusalem’s population of over 874,000
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France’s ex-PM: Palestinian issue ‘not a priority’ for world
Valls says that the 'Palestinian issue is not a priority anymore on the global agenda'
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Afghan women, girls fight for space in public sphere
'Education, employment, freedom of movement, access to healthcare... all these things have been taken away'
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Syria: Second torture trial begins in German court
Al-Bunni, a lawyer and human rights advocate, says 'We hope he will get a life sentence'
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Israeli satire song causes a stir in the Arab world
"Dubai, Dubai" criticizes Israel's normalization with the United Arab Emirates
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Erdogan signals thaw in ties with Israel
'We are now holding talks with President (Isaac) Herzog. He could visit us in Turkey'
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Standoff over Palestinian eviction ends, family says
Hundreds of Palestinians are facing evictions from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah
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UN Palestinian refugee agency seeks $1.6 billion
UNRWA's funding suffered a blow in 2018 when former US president Donald Trump cut support to the agency
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Opinion: A dozen years on from the assassination that shook the world
The death in Dubai of Hamas emissary Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was deemed to be from natural causes - at first