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A tourist from India poses for photos in an F-35 Lighting II on display by Lockheed Martin at the Dubai Airshow 2021 on Nov. 14, 2021

UAE top destination for tourists from India

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A Syrian airline plane is pictured on the tarmac at the Damascus International Airport in the Syrian capital on Oct. 1, 2020.

Syrian Airlines adds more flights to Dubai

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) shakes hands with founder of US aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company SpaceX Elon Musk in Ankara on Nov. 8, 2017.

Turkish telecommunications satellite launches into space

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Yemen air strike

Saudi-led coalition bombs airport in Yemen's capital

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Lebanese photo agency Dalati and Nohra shows Lebanese PM Najib Mikati (R) meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (L) in Beirut on Dec. 20, 2021.

UN secretary-general says Lebanese politicians ‘paralyze' country, demands ‘truth' about Beirut blast

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Egypt sentences blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah to five years in prison

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Iraqi air force strikes Islamic State targets

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Israel bans travel to US as omicron variant spreads

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Eight dead after flooding in Iraqi Kurdistan

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Vienna talks to pause after 'good progress,' Iran negotiator says

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AFP reporter Sammy Ketz hits the ground as a Syrian soldier runs past during sniper fire in the ancient Christian Syrian town of Maalula, on Sept. 18, 2013.

Middle East sees most hostage-taking of journalists in 2021, report says

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Meeks

Intel: Final defense bill gives Congress more oversight of US Syria policy

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