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A soldier walks past girls looking on in the village of Dukouli within the Quraysha locality, located in the Fashaqa al-Sughra agricultural region of Sudan's eastern Gedaref state on March 16, 2021.

Ethiopia denies role in deadly Sudan border attack

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Al-Monitor Staff

A picture taken in Istanbul on May 28, 2018 shows Maslak and Besiktas business districts under a stormy sky.

Watch: Clock tower falls as storm rips through Istanbul

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) welcomes Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during an official ceremony at the presidential complex, Ankara, Turkey, Nov. 24, 2021.

Erdogan to visit UAE next year

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Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party), Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during his party's group meeting at the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara, on Nov. 17, 2021.

Erdogan says Turkey will move to improve ties with Egypt, Israel

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Al-Monitor Staff

Metin Gurcan

Turkish police detain opposition figure

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Norwegian journalists

Qatar releases two Norwegian journalists after detention

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Syria refugees

US amends sanctions regulations to ease aid delivery in Syria

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Yemen protest

House leaders demand Biden push to free US embassy staff in Yemen

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US Navy sailors stand guard aboard the USS Sirocco patrol ship while docked at the US 5th Fleet Command in Bahrain's capital, Manama, on Dec. 17, 2019.

Jordan to support US Navy unmanned drone task force in Red Sea

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Al-Monitor Staff

A man wearing a face mask prepares his ballot at a polling station in Caracas during the regional and municipal elections in Venezuela, on Nov. 21, 2021.

Turkey praises Venezuela for 'peaceful' elections

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Al-Monitor Staff

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Iran executes man jailed for murder as minor

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Iranian diplomat and political deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran Ali Bagheri Kani.

Iran's deputy foreign minister pledges 'new chapter' in Iran-UAE relations

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Al-Monitor Staff