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Lebanese protesters burn tyres during a demonstration called for by the banks depositors committee against monetary policies, on May 9, 2023.

Lebanon, Yemen, Egypt rank least happy countries in Middle East

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US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (R) and Israeli Minister of Defense Benny Gantz (L) stand at attention during the playing of the Israeli national anthem at an arrival ceremony at the Pentagon June 3, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia.

Israel's Gantz meets Austin, Blinken on 'unauthorized' Washington visit

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Palestinian citizens inspect the effects of destruction caused by air strikes on their homes on Nov. 25, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza.

Gaza in numbers: 30,000 dead, 80% displaced, half million on brink of famine

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 29: U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on February 29, 2024 in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on “A Review of Defense Secretary Austin’s Unannounced Absence.” (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

US defense chief: Over 25,000 Palestinian women and children killed in Gaza

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Men armed with rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launchers and assault rifles ride in the back of a pickup vehicle parading before a large banner depicting the Koran, Islam's Holy Book, and Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi, the slain leader of Yemen's Houthi movement who was killed in 2004, during a pro-Palestinian rally in the Houthi-held capital Sanaa on Feb. 7, 2024.

US designation of Houthis as terror group comes into effect

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Turkey's manufacturer of Bayraktar drones is building plant in Ukraine

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Race camels resting before a race in Qatar.

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Kuwait holds annual camel race as sport regains regional traction

A picture taken on Nov. 10, 2019, shows an Iranian flag in Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant.

Iran begins building 4 more nuclear power plants amid IAEA warnings

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A Lebanese woman looks at graffiti on a smashed glass facade in the heart of the capital Beirut on October 25, 2019 as anti-corruption demonstrators cut off major roads across the country for a ninth day, pledging to carry on with their protests despite the president offering to meet their representatives. - The entire political class has been targeted in days of unprecedented street demos that have dominated city centres and closed banks, schools and universities across Lebanon. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)

Mideast corruption rankings: UAE least corrupt, Lebanon & Iran close to bottom

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The US Treasury Department building is seen in Washington, DC, January 19, 2023, following an announcement by the US Treasury that it had begun taking measures Thursday to prevent a default on government debt, as Congress heads towards a high-stakes clash between Democrats and Republicans over raising the borrowing limit. - The world's biggest economy could face severe disruption with Republicans threatening to refuse the usual annual rubber stamping of a rise in the legal borrowing limit, and this could pu

US Treasury sanctions ISIS facilitators in Egypt, Turkey

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Yemen’s Houthis fire missile at US warship as Biden seeks China's aid

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President Joan Donoghue (C), and other judges in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) take their seats prior to the hearing on the genocide case against Israel, brought by South Africa, in The Hague on Jan. 11, 2024.

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ICJ rules Israel must 'take all measures' to prevent genocide, stops short of ordering Gaza cease-fire