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Orthodox pilgrims at airport

Israeli prime minister cracks down after pilgrims falsify test results

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This picture taken on November 5, 2019, shows a view of Gulf Air Airbus A320 (R) and A321 (C, L) aircraft at Bahrain International Airport.

Bahrain's Gulf Air to start flights to Israel

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Lebanon forms new government

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Police and journalists gather around a hole used by six Palestinians to escape from the Gilboa Prison after they dug a tunnel beneath a sink, in northern Israel on Sept. 6, 2021.

Palestinian media alleges rights abuses during Israeli search for escaped prisoners

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A Syrian refugee walks past the rubble of demolished concrete walls at a make-shift camp in the town of Rihaniyye in Lebanon's Akkar governorate on Aug. 9, 2019.

Lebanon won't deport six detained Syrian refugees

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Members of the Spanish Guardia civil stand near vehicles seized during a raid targeting assets of the family of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in the Puerto Banus marina area of the plush resort of Marbella on April 4, 2017.

French court upholds conviction of Assad's uncle in money laundering case

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US citizens on first Qatar Airways flight from Kabul since pullout

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German Foreign Minister Heiko Mass meets Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People on Nov. 13, 2018 in Beijing, China.

German foreign minister reopens embassy in Libya

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This picture taken on May 26, 2021 from the Cairo Citadel overlooking the Egyptian capital shows a view of the minarets of mosques and building rooftops in old Islamic Cairo, which gave its nickname of a "city of a thousand minarets".

Three dead following building collapse near Cairo

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A car transporting former Jordanian royal adviser Bassem Awadallah leaves the State Security Court after a verdict was announced in his trial alongside another official, accused of helping Prince Hamzah try to overthrow his half-brother King Abdullah II, in the capital Amman on July 12, 2021.

Jordanian appeals court upholds verdicts in royal sedition trial

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Al-Monitor Staff

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Egypt, Turkey agree to future talks, though issues remain

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A picture shows Russian troops in the Syrian district of Daraa al-Balad in Syria's southern province of Daraa, on Sept. 1, 2021.

Syrian forces enter war-torn Daraa, opposition alleges rights abuses

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