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Here's what the 2022 NDAA has to say about the Middle East

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Al-Monitor Staff

Fighters from Gaza-based armed Palestinian factions, taking part in a military exercise, shoot rockets toward the sea, at a site in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Dec. 29, 2021.

Israeli contractor working on Gaza security wall injured by gunfire

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Al-Monitor Staff

This photo shows a Emirates Boeing 777 landing while an IranAir plane is taxiing at Dubai's International Airport, Sept. 14, 2017.

Iran bans travelers from four European countries

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Syrian authorities seize large shipment of captagon and hashish

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Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah waves upon his arrival to a parliamentary session at the National Assembly in Kuwait City on March 30, 2021.

New Kuwaiti government sworn in for third time this year

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Al-Monitor Staff

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Turkey records big increase in COVID-19 cases

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Airport workers inspect the damage at Sanaa International Airport on Dec. 21, 2021, following a reported airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition.

Yemen’s Houthis say Sanaa airport reopen to flights after bombing

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Al-Monitor Staff

Lebanese army troops take part in a military parade held at the Defence Ministry in Yarzeh on the eastern outskirts of Beirut on Nov. 22, 2021.

Lebanon and Iraq ink defense cooperation agreement

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Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu (6th-L) attends a ceremony at Taksim Square to mark the National Sovereignty and Children’s Day holiday on the first day of a four-day lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, Istanbul, Turkey, April 23, 2020.

Turkish government probes city of Istanbul employees for alleged terror links

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Saudi-backed government troops repel a Huthi rebel offensive on oil-rich Marib, some 120 kilometres (75 miles) east of Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa, on Feb. 14, 2021.

Saudi-led coalition renews airstrikes against Yemen's Houthis

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Al-Monitor Staff

Ukrainian servicemen take part in the joint Rapid Trident military exercises with the United States and other NATO countries nor far from Lviv on Sept. 24, 2021, as tensions with Russia remain high over the Kremlin-backed insurgency in the country's east.

Turkey urges Russia to moderate demands on NATO over Ukraine

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Cavusoglu

Turkish and Armenian envoys to meet in Moscow

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Al-Monitor Staff