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Al-Monitor Staff (Iran)

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A picture taken on March 12, 2017, shows a view of an oil facility in the Khark Island, on the shore of the Gulf. / AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran cuts oil production and storage is nearly full amid pandemic, US sanctions

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Germany, France, Egypt and Jordan issue statement against West Bank annexation

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Al-Monitor Staff

Women wearing protective masks walk at the promenade of Dubai Marina on May 5, 2020, after authorities of the United Arab Emirates started to ease a national lockdown put in place to curb the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus. - In Dubai's ritzy Marina district, white yachts are tethered to docks, standing idle -- like many companies behind a luxury lifestyle industry battered by the coronavirus crisis. The boardwalks that snake around the precinct's artificial bays and canals, once packed with tourists, mostl

Dubai welcomes back tourists

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Al-Monitor Staff

Israel launches new spy satellite

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Al-Monitor Staff

Prominent Iraqi analyst, adviser shot dead in Baghdad

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Nile River dam talks resume, but still no agreement

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Al-Monitor Staff

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - SEPTEMBER 07: Khabib Nurmagomedov of Russia compete against Dustin Poirier of United States in their Lightweight Title Bout during the UFC 242 event at The Arena on September 07, 2019 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)

Abu Dhabi to host 'Fight Island' MMA event

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Al-Monitor Staff

US air defenses intercept rocket fired toward Baghdad’s Green Zone

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Men, wearing protective masks, walk on a plastic pier at Katara beach in the Qatari capital Doha on July 1, 2020 as the country moves into the second phase of its four-step plan to lift COVID-19 lockdown. - People in Qatar cautiously returned to beaches as the Gulf nation, which has one of the world's highest total per capita coronavirus infection rates, continued to reopen society.
Sun-lovers and jetski enthusiasts braved temperatures of 39 degrees celsius (102 Fahrenheit) at Doha's Katara Cultural Village

Qatar coronavirus cases top 100,000 as restrictions ease

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Al-Monitor Staff

A car advances past a damaged facility in the Salaheddin district south of the Libyan capital Tripoli, on June 21, 2020, as some residents return to the area after it has been demined. - Since 2015, a power struggle has pitted the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) against strongman Khalifa Haftar, who claims legitimacy from an eastern-based elected parliament, and had been trying unsuccessfully to seize the capital since April 2019, until a pro-GNA counter-offensive at the beginning of June

Intel: US pushes Hifter’s Libyan militias to disband

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Al-Monitor Staff

Survey: Displaced Iraqis experiencing job losses, food shortages amid pandemic

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Al-Monitor Staff

Rights group: Detainees in overcrowded Yemen prison at risk of COVID-19

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Al-Monitor Staff