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Iraqi judges attend a court session at the Supreme Judicial Council in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Dec. 27, 2021.

Iraqi court certifies election results

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Al-Monitor Staff

Women carry goods down train tracks in the village of Shaibah, near Basra in southern Iraq, April 10, 2003.

Iran, Iraq agree to connect rail networks

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) meets with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza (R) at the Casa Amarilla palace in Caracas, on Nov. 5, 2020.

Venezuela's Maduro plans to visit Iran 'very soon'

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Gulf Navy

US Navy seizes thousands of guns bound for Yemen’s Houthis

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A man reads a newspaper announcing the death of Osama bin Laden, at a newsstand in Rio de Janeiro on May 2, 2011.

US government designates alleged al-Qaeda network in Brazil

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Al-Monitor Staff

Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki speaks during a press conference on Sept. 14, 2017, in Tunis.

Tunisian court sentences ex-president Marzouki in absentia

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Istanbul airport

Turkey arrests US citizen over selling passport, state media says

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Syrian Health Minister Hassan al-Ghabash (R) and the Chinese Ambassador in his country Feng Biao (L) take part in a ceremony upon the arrival of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, in the capital, Damascus, on Nov. 14, 2021.

China provides grant to Syrian nonprofit

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Al-Monitor Staff

Yemen hunger

UN slashes food aid to Yemen amid funding crunch

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Libya's election commission calls for month postponement

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Palestinian killed by Israeli forces after alleged car attack

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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett receives a booster shot against the coronavirus, at Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba, on Aug. 20, 2021.

Israel to offer fourth COVID-19 booster dose

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