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![Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (left) meets with Saudi Foreign Affairs Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan in Jeddah on April 12, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2023-04/mekdad_saudi%20copy.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=Xk_YnS5b)
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![UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed welcoming his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in Abu Dhabi March 19, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2023-03/assaduae.jpeg?h=a5ae579a&itok=Nbmsokvg)
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![In this handout photo released by Iraq's National Security press office, Iraq's National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji (R) meets with the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani (C) in Baghdad on March 19, 2023. (Photo by IRAQI SECURITY MEDIA CENTRE / AFP) / XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY PRESS OFFICE" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by -/IRAQI SECURITY MEDIA CENTRE/A](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2023-03/GettyImages-1248599031.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=tPy8dRfC)
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![Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (L) arrives at the Elysee Presidential Palace to meet with the French president, Paris, France, Feb. 16, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2023-03/GettyImages-1247189428.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=siMnEJn0)
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![Grossi](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2023-03/GettyImages-1244823820.jpg?h=1d34674f&itok=jWc2kAeO)
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![A man reads the Iranian newspaper Etemad, with the front page title reading in Farsi "The night of the end of the JCPOA ", and cover photos of Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his deputy and chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani, in the capital Tehran on Aug. 16, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2023-02/GettyImages-1242542478.jpg?h=1d34674f&itok=pwQ5Z0F2)
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![US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (2nd R) chats with United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (R) in Sde Boker, Israel on March 28, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2023-02/GettyImages-1239575965.jpg?h=1d34674f&itok=luIpYWHj)
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![Netanyahu blinken](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2023-02/GettyImages-1246671383.jpg?h=1d34674f&itok=u0mWKeZ6)
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