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Regional and related topics
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Military Times/AP
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Deb Riechmann and Matthew Lee |
5.17.2019
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The tone contrasted with a series of moves by the U.S. and Iran that have sharply escalated tensions in the Middle East in recent days....
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Reuters
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Babak Dehghanpisheh |
5.17.2019
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Rouhani’s authority is now waning: his brother, a key adviser on the 2015 deal, has been sentenced to jail on unspecified corruption charges, a hardline...
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The MENA region ranked as the second-largest recipient of investment and Chinese construction projects worldwide after Europe in 2018,...
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Reuters
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Alexander Cornwell, Stanley Carvalho |
5.17.2019
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The United Arab Emirates, though a prominent foe of Iran in the Middle East’s power struggles, has tempered its reaction to attacks on oil tankers...
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Unlike 2003, when Britain, Spain and some Central European countries joined a “coalition of the willing” against Iraq, the twenty-eight members of the European Union...
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Wall Street Journal (Paywall)
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Warren P. Strobel, Nancy A. Youssef and Vivian Salama |
5.17.2019
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One U.S. official said the view of Iran’s movements and actions as defensive in nature came from new intelligence in recent days. This unspecified intelligence...
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Bourse & Bazaar
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Esfandyar Batmanghelidj |
5.17.2019
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PACIFIC BRAVO is the first major tanker to load Iranian crude after the Trump administration revoked waivers permitting the purchases by eight of Iran’s oil...
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Reuters
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Alex Lawler |
5.17.2019
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Oil edged higher to $73 a barrel on Friday, supported by a host of supply cuts and concern of further disruption to Middle East shipments...
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Arab News
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Najia Houssari |
5.17.2019
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Lebanon is gearing up for an influx of tourists from the Gulf, especially from Saudi Arabia, since it lifted a warning against its citizens traveling...
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In response to Griffith’s Security Council briefing, Yemen’s ambassador to the UN, Abdullah al-Saadi, described the UN-monitored redeployments as a unilateral move by the Huthis...
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French President Emmanuel Macron will meet eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar in the middle of next week to discuss how to resume peace talks in...
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And viewers were treated to another 18 “postcard” videos, featuring the international singers dancing at picturesque sites across Israel. Sweden’s John Lundvik skated down the...
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