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Al-Udeid Air Base

NATO looks to Qatar for base to train Afghan forces

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Al-Monitor Staff

The national flags of Azerbaijan (L) and Turkey, and portraits of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (R) hang side-by-side on the mayoral building in the Kecioren district of Ankara on October 21, 2020.

Erdogan, Aliyev cement military and business ties during Karabakh 'victory lap'

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Al-Monitor Staff

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Amid nuclear talks, Iran says 6.5kg of uranium enriched to 60%

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Al-Monitor Staff

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Republican senators ask Biden's UN rep to highlight Houthi rights abuses

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Al-Monitor Staff

A picture taken on Feb. 6, 2020, shows some of the 35 Russian orphans linked to the Islamic State group, arriving at the de-facto Syrian Kurdish capital of Qamishli after being transferred from al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria.

Canadian parliament calls on government to repatriate citizens from northeast Syria

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Al-Monitor Staff

Members of Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood are seen inside a glass dock during their trial in the capital Cairo on July 28, 2018.

Egypt's top court upholds death sentences of 12 Brotherhood figures

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Al-Monitor Staff

An undated picture shows Yemeni coast guards checking a small boat with refugees arriving from Somalia to the Yemeni port city Aden.

Migrants found dead off Yemen's Red Sea coast after boat capsizes

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Al-Monitor Staff

Syrians from the northwestern province of Idlib wait to board buses at Bab al-Hawa border crossing as they head to Turkey prior to traveling to Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage, Syria, Aug. 16, 2017.

Saudi Arabia allows women to register for hajj without male guardian

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Al-Monitor Staff

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid attend a traditional group photo with minsters of the new Israeli government on June 14, 2021 in Jerusalem.

Lapid vows to mend ties with Democrats, change 'reckless' Netanyahu policies

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Al-Monitor Staff

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Israeli government receives congratulations from White House, Congress, UAE

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Al-Monitor Staff

Kanopus-V satellite

Iran to acquire Russian high-resolution recon satellite

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Al-Monitor Staff

Ebrahim Raisi

Who is Ebrahim Raisi, the front-runner in Iran's presidential race?

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Al-Monitor Staff