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A photo taken on May 3, 2021 shows a giant portrait of President Bashar al-Assad at the Umawiyin square in Syria's capital Damascus, ahead of this month's presidential elections.

Saudi Arabia’s intelligence chief meets with Syrian counterpart in Damascus

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John Kerry

House Republicans call for review of John Kerry's security clearance

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AL-MONITOR Staff

An undated image of Mohammad Nourizad.

UN rights experts call on Iran to release jailed filmmaker

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AL-MONITOR Staff

One of three French-made Rafale fighter jets for the Egyptian air force is pictured at an air base in the southern France city of Istres on July 20, 2015.

Egypt confirms $4.75 bn fighter jet deal with France

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Syria’s presidential elections, explained

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AL-MONITOR Staff

A general view shows the residence of a Swiss diplomat whose body was found at the entrance in the northern district of Tehran on May 4, 2021. A spokesman for the Iranian national rescue service said the body was found in the morning after the diplomat "fell from a (residential) tower in Kamranieh." In a message to AFP's Geneva office, Switzerland's Foreign Ministry confirmed that "a Swiss employee of the Swiss Embassy in Tehran died in a fatal incident."

Swiss diplomat falls to her death in Iranian capital

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A man holds up the official 2020 Oktoberfest beer mug in front of the Bavaria monument at Theresienwiese in Munich, southern Germany, the place of the yearly beer festival, on Sept. 19, 2020. The traditional Bavarian Oktoberfest beer festival would have started today, but it was canceled a few months ago due to the ongoing novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.

German city angry over Dubai's 'Oktoberfest' event

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A Saudi Boeing jet is seen at the gate at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) on Nov. 19, 2020.

Saudi Arabia to lift international travel ban on vaccinated citizens

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In this handout image provided by EU Delegation Vienna, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (R) speaks with other participants at the JCPOA Iran nuclear talks on April 27, 2021, in Vienna, Austria.

Iran downplays state media report on US prisoner swap

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Iraqi authorities nab Islamic State 'governor' of Fallujah

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US forces patrol in Syria

US soldier faces criminal charges over firefight with Syrian regime

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AL-MONITOR Staff

Hodeida land mine

Yemen land mine explosion kills three kids near Red Sea port

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AL-MONITOR Staff