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Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr delivers a speech in the central Iraqi city of Najaf on June 3, 2022.

Sadr withdrawal from Iraqi parliament challenges Shiite rivals

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Al-Monitor Staff

Tourists stroll at a holy site in the Iraqi city of Najaf on Aug. 14, 2018.

Iran and Iraq sign tourism deal

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Al-Monitor Staff

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Saudis grant digital licenses in latest diversification move

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Rights groups say Iranian prisoners face finger amputations

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This photo taken on May 11, 2019, shows a Chinese employee holding a self-developed chip at an industrial park in Jinan in China's eastern Shandong province.

Abu Dhabi to cooperate with Chinese province on industry

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Al-Monitor Staff

Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr delivers a speech in the central Iraqi city of Najaf on June 3, 2022.

Muqtada al-Sadr threatens to withdraw from parliament

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US officials say Turkey ‘well aware’ of their concerns over Syria offensive

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Iraq market

Iraqi parliament passes urgent food security bill

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Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa Kadhimi arrives to attend a memorial service for the victims of a motorcycle bomb that exploded the day before, in the southern city of Basra on Dec. 8, 2021.

Iraqi prime minister: Iran-Saudi talks have made 'remarkable progress'

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A member of the Syrian government forces stands next to a well at Jazel oil field near the ancient city of Palmyra.

Gulf states blacklist terror financiers linked to Iran, Islamic State, Syrian regime

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Cyprus' Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides (R) holds a joint press conference with his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud.

Saudi Arabia, Cyprus set up joint business council

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A man stands on the bank of the Shatt al-Arab waterway, formed at the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, in Iraq's southern city of Basra on May 23, 2022, during a sandstorm sweeping the country.

Iran, Iraq, Syria to cooperate on sandstorms

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