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Miles Routledge

British tourist who went to Afghanistan safe in Dubai

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Rafael Grossi

Iran ramps up uranium enrichment as nuclear talks stall

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Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a function at the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul on Aug. 4, 2021.

Afghan president surfaces in UAE

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Al-Monitor Staff

A picture taken on November 18, 2020, from the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights shows the Israel-Syria border, on November 18, 2020.

Syria reports new Israeli missile attack

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A Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft releases fire retardant while attempting to extinguish a forest fire near Kibbutz Tzova, west of Jerusalem, central Israel, Aug. 17, 2021.

Israeli defense minister thanks Palestinian president for sending firefighters to Jerusalem

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A picture taken on Nov. 10, 2019, shows an Iranian flag in Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, during an official ceremony to kick-start works on a second reactor at the facility.

US blasts Iran's uranium metal production as 'unconstructive'

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A firefighting plane works on extinguishing a forest fire at the Jerusalem mountains near Shoresh, on Aug. 16, 2021.

Firefighting efforts continue through night near Jerusalem

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Bozkurt flood damage

Death toll rises to 74 as floods batter Turkey's Black Sea coast

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burn victim carried on stretcher

Egypt sends medical aid to Lebanon following fuel tank explosion

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The mother (R) of Raed Abu Seif, one of four Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli security forces earlier in the day, mourns during his funeral in the Jenin refugee camp in the north of the occupied West Bank on Aug. 16, 2021.

Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, rocket intercepted over Israel

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A woman receives a dose of Pfizer BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 at the Ankara City Hospital, in Ankara, Turkey, on June 7, 2021.

Turkey to offer Pfizer boosters for vaccinated travelers

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This combination of pictures created on Aug. 15, 2021 shows CIA Director, William Burns, testifying during a House Intelligence Committee hearing about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on April 15, 2021 and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) attending a press conference with his Russian counterpart at the presidential palace in the capital Cairo on Dec. 11, 2017.

CIA Chief Burns meets with Egypt's Sisi

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