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May 25, 2022

Middle East

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Turkey seeks better Saudi ties despite Khashoggi slaying

May 13, 2021 The Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s top envoy is traveling to Saudi Arabia as Turkey seeks to mend ties with the kingdom that hit an all-time low over the 2018 killing in Istanbul of Jamal Khashoggi. Foreign […]

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Egypt, Turkey officials meet for talks to reset frayed ties

May 7, 2021 Samy Magdy, Associated Press

CAIRO — Egyptian and Turkish officials met Wednesday for talks aiming to reset ties between the two regional powers after years of enmity. The two-day “political consultations” in Cairo are chaired by Hamdi Loza, Egypt’s […]

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US officials in Mideast to reassure jittery allies over Iran

May 5, 2021 Isabel Debre, Associated Press

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Top Biden administration officials and U.S. senators crisscrossed the Middle East on Monday, seeking to assuage growing unease among Gulf Arab partners over America’s re-engagement with Iran and other […]

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Iran says it will enrich uranium to 60%, highest level ever

April 13, 2021 Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran will begin enriching uranium up to 60% purity after an attack on its Natanz nuclear facility, a negotiator said Tuesday, pushing its program to higher levels than ever before […]

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Saudi Arabia offers cease-fire plan to Yemen rebels

March 24, 2021 Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia offered a cease-fire proposal to Yemen’s Houthi rebels that includes reopening their country’s main airport, the kingdom’s latest attempt to halt years of fighting in a war that […]

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Israeli election seen as referendum on Netanyahu

March 22, 2021 Josef Federman, Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Israelis vote Tuesday in their fourth parliamentary election in just two years. Once again, the race boils down to a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu, who has served as prime minister […]

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Oil giant Saudi Aramco sees 2020 profits drop to $49 billion

March 22, 2021 Isabel Debre, Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia’s state-backed oil giant Aramco announced Sunday that its profits nearly halved in 2020 to $49 billion, a big drop that came as the coronavirus pandemic roiled global energy […]

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Kosovo opens embassy to Israel in Jerusalem

March 17, 2021 The Associated Press

PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo’s Foreign Ministry said it has formally opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem. A statement said the move was made after the establishment of diplomatic ties with Israel on Feb. 1 […]

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World Bank might suspend financing of vaccines to Lebanon

February 23, 2021 Bassem Mroue, Associated Press

BEIRUT — The World Bank threatened Tuesday to suspend financing for coronavirus vaccines in Lebanon over what it said were violations by members of parliament who were inoculated without registering in advance. Such a move […]

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After Arab Spring, a decade of upheaval and lost hopes

December 29, 2020 The Associated Press

CAIRO — Was it real? It’s all been erased so completely, so much blood has been shed and destruction wreaked over the past decade. The idea that there was a moment when millions across the […]

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