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Syrian refugee in Lebanon sets himself on fire

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Intel: Departure of foreign forces from Libya in question ahead of political talks in Tunis

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Iran’s supreme leader ridicules US over election ‘spectacle’

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A man walks past window shops while nearby pillars are adorned with posters showing Syrian PResident Bashar al-Assad superimposed over Damascus' historic Umayyad mosque, in al-Salihiya district of the capital Damascus on June 10, 2020. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP) (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images)

Assad blames Syria’s economic turmoil on Lebanon, not sanctions

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Israeli soldiers take part in military exercises near the northern Elyakim area on October 14, 2020, during a simulation to protect the country's northern border. (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP) (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden win means war with Iran, warns Israeli minister

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An employee cleans an outside wall of the National Armenian Memorial Centre in Decines-Charpieu, near Lyon, on November 1, 2020 where pro-Turkish yellow letters graffiti tags have been painted overnight. - Inscriptions read "RTE" which can refers to Turkish Prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and "Grey Wolf" (Loup Gris), the name of an ultra-nationalist movement in Turkey. A nearby memorial for the Armenian genocide have also been tagged with the words "Fuck Armenia". (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP) (Photo by

Paris hints at new sanctions against Ankara after banning Turkish 'Grey Wolves'

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Jordan reaches record COVID-19 death count

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Dubai-based airline announces daily flights to Tel Aviv

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Israeli soldiers gather at a checkpoint near Nablus in the occupied West Bank where a Palestinian who shot at Israeli troops on November 4, 2020 was killed when soldiers returned fire, Israel's army said. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images)

Palestinian who fired at Israeli troops fatally shot, IDF says

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Construction workers stand on scaffolding in Al-Balad, a historical area in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah, on January 11, 2020. (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)

Saudi Arabia to ease restrictions on foreign workers

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Kurdish riot police, some wearing protective masks due to COVID-19, stand guard during a demonstration to denounce the Turkish assault in northern Iraq, in Sulaimaniyah city, in the Kurdish autonomous region of northern Iraq, on June 18, 2020. - Turkey launched a rare ground assault into northern Iraq on June 17, deploying special forces against rebels from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) which is blacklisted by Ankara as a "terrorist" group. Baghdad demanded Ankara immediately halt its assault in northe

Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq accuses PKK of attacks

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Lindsey Graham, vocal senator on Syria policy, wins reelection

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