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Iran president visits Sistan-Baluchistan after deadly attack

Israeli strikes across Lebanon kill more than 55 as US officials push for ceasefire BEIRUT: Lebanon said Israeli air strikes on Saturday killed more…

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A Secret, Failed Oil Deal: How the U.S.-Saudi Relationship Ruptured

WASHINGTON — As President Biden was planning a politically risky trip to Saudi Arabia this summer, his top aides thought they had struck a secret…

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Saudi Arabia Defied U.S. Warnings Ahead of OPEC+ Production Cut

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Days before a major oil-production cut by OPEC and its Russia-led allies, U.S. officials called their counterparts in Saudi Arabia and other big…

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Dozens protest in Morocco after Israeli envoy recalled

BEIRUT: The US mediator handling negotiations over the maritime border between Lebanon and Israel expressed optimism on Friday that the talks, which stopped in April,…

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Will maritime-border settlement imply Lebanon’s indirect recognition of Israel?

DUBAI: Comments recently made by a White House official to Al-Arabiya point to progress in indirect negotiations between Lebanon and Israel to find a solution to…

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French MPs slam ‘policy of war’ against Syrian Kurds

BEIRUT: US envoy Amos Hochstein arrived in Beirut on Sunday to push talks to resolve a bitter maritime border dispute between Lebanon and Israel over…

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