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Emirates airlines employees behind check in counters equipped with a fast-track identification system that uses face and iris-recognition technologies, at Dubai international airport, on March 7, 2021.

UAE bans travel to South Asian, African countries over virus variants

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Al-Monitor Staff

Migrants arrive at a naval base in Tripoli, after the coast guard intercepted an inflatable boat carrying 138 Europe-bound migrants off its west coast, Libya, March 31, 2021.

Video shows Libyan coast guard firing on migrant boat in Mediterranean Sea

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Al-Monitor Staff

Hundreds march in central Madrid in support of Western Sahara on June 19, 2021 in Madrid, Spain.

UN reports severe human rights abuses in Western Sahara

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Al-Monitor Staff

fans in Baghdad

Power cuts in scorching Iraqi heat prompt protests

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Al-Monitor Staff

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Israeli army bombs Hamas site after balloons start fires

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NEA convention background

US teachers union to vote on support for ‘heroic struggle’ of Palestinians

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Al-Monitor Staff

US Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter gunners scan the desert while transporting troops on May 26, 2021, over northeastern Syria. US forces coordinate with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in combatting residual ISIS extremists.

Islamic State exploits economic downturn in Iraq, Syria, US envoy says

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Al-Monitor Staff

A boy receives a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Clalit Healthcare Services in the Israeli city of Holon near Tel Aviv on June 21, 2021.

Israel records highest daily coronavirus cases in three months

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Al-Monitor Staff

Syrian youth training in Aleppo

US adds Turkey to list of countries using child soldiers

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Tourists have a meal at a restaurant at Sultanahmet in Istanbul on May 9, 2021, during a new lockdown aimed at fighting a surging third wave of COVID-19 infections.

Turkey's virus-related curfew ends

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Al-Monitor Staff

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Etihad, El Al to offer joint flight booking

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April 15 Sadr City blast aftermath

Explosion at Baghdad's Sadr City injures at least 15

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Al-Monitor Staff