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Familiar problems for Biden in Israel

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Sudan Nile

With Nile talks stalled, Ethiopia plans to fill dam, buy Turkish drones

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Turkish and Russian military vehicles patrol in the countryside of Rumaylan (Rmeilan) in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province near the Turkish border, on Sept. 16, 2021.

Erdogan’s latest threats in Syria test limits with Biden, Putin

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Iran nuclear

Israel, US gloss over differences on Iran, but frictions remain

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Erdogan Putin

Is US-Turkey alliance at a breaking point?

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi is seen on video screens as he addresses the annual gathering in New York City for the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Sept. 21, 2021 in New York City.

Sisi warns of ‘grave threat’ from Ethiopia over Nile dispute

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Turkey military

Turkey faces gathering storm in Syria

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Arab Israeli protesters lift Palestinian flags and spoons, reportedly the digging tool used by six Palestinian prisoners who escaped from Israel's Gilboa prison, as they demonstrate in the mostly Arab city of Umm al-Fahm in northern Israel, on Sept. 10, 2021, to denounce punitive measures taken by the Israel Prison Service against Palestinian prisoners following the jailbreak.

Jailbreak unites Palestinians, confounds Israelis

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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett looks on during a plenum session on the state budget on Sept. 2, 2021.

Boxed in: Bennett, Abbas can’t win despite ‘goodwill gestures’

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Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Syria celebrates Taliban's declared "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan"

Are Syrian jihadis ready to take the fight to Afghanistan?

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Taliban, imam at Kabul mosque

Will the Taliban welcome al-Qaeda back to Afghanistan?

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Israel's coalition government holds to center

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