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Smoke rises above Beirut's southern suburbs during an Israeli strike on September 27, 2024. Israeli bombing of Iran-backed Hezbollah strongholds around Lebanon has killed hundreds of people this week, while the militant group has retaliated with rocket barrages. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel says it struck Hezbollah headquarters in Beirut

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Mayor Eric Adams arrives for a press conference at 1 Police Plaza on April 18, 2023, in New York City.

What we know about Turkey-related charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams

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Turkish Ambassador to the United Nations Sedat Onal speaks during the 10th Emergency Special Session (resumed) 39th plenary meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the United Nations, in New York, on October 27, 2023. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza. (Photo by

Al-Monitor hosts Turkish Ambassador to the US Sedat Önal for salon conversation

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Iran's two-stage Simorgh (Phoenix) satellite carrier(L) and Iranian built Safir-type rocket that is designed to carry a satellite into orbit, are displayed in Tehran as people gather to mark the 45th anniversary of the Islamic revolution on February 11, 2024. Iran marked 45 years since the Islamic revolution with a ceremony on February 11, in which the country's president condemned arch foe Israel and demanded it be expelled from the United Nations. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran's IRGC launches its fifth satellite into space

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Turkey blocks multiple X accounts, cites 'terrorist crackdown'

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Al-Monitor expands Gulf coverage with new talent led by Jennifer Gnana

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Police special forces patrol in front of the Israeli Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, on Sept. 21, 2016.

Turkey: Arab Israeli killed, two others wounded in shooting in Istanbul

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bbas Araghchi, political deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, speaks to the media after the meeting of the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) attended by the E3+2 (China, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom) and Iran on July 28, 2019 at the Palais Coburg in Vienna, Austria. (Photo by ALEX HALADA / AFP) (Photo by ALEX HALADA/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran's foreign minister nominee vows to prioritize Russia, China ties

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A blind man guided by a girl walk in front of a sign, in the city of Hargeisa, Somaliland, on September 16, 2021. - For 30 years, Somaliland has tried unsuccessfully to convince the world of its case for statehood, holding democratic elections and avoiding the anarchy that engulfed the rest of Somalia. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Somaliland rejects Turkey-led proposal for Ethiopia-Somalia talks

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Qatar to host Gaza cease-fire talks amid Iran-Israel tension: What we know

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US delegations head to Middle East in bid to head off major escalation

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Palestinian children passing by on the street look at the makeshift gravesite of Khaled Abu Obeid at his family's home in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood on August 7, 2024. Khaled was feeding pigeons on their rooftop when he was killed by a sniper on December 21 amid an Israeli siege of the area, forcing the family and neighbours to dig his grave at home, where it remains, the family said. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP) (Photo by OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images)

UK, France, Germany leaders urge restart of Gaza cease-fire talks as Hamas reconsiders

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