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Here's what the 2022 NDAA has to say about the Middle East

Defense act

2022 in review: Turkey wraps up year of regional resets but more whiplash ahead

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2022 in review: Iran's protests threw another wrench into JCPOA revival

A protester holds a banner with the image of Mahsa Amini as demonstrators gather in front of the Brandenburg Gate to march in solidarity with protesters in Iran on October 15, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Omer Messinger/Getty Images)

UAE revenue jumps 31.8% in 2022

La Mer North marina is seen with the Burj Khalifa and the Dubai skyline seen in the background, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 1, 2020.

United Arab Emirates

2022 in review: Reforms, Ukraine war drive boost in UAE’s real estate market

A photograph taken in Dubai on January 4, 2022 shows the world's highest skyscraper Burj Khalifa. (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)

Pentagon lays out goals for Yemen strikes after Trump warns Iran not to intervene

Yemenis in Sanaa watch a televised statement by the Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree announcing the rebel group launched an attack on a US aircraft carrier in the Red Sea on March 16, 2025.

Saudi group buys 'Pokemon Go' for $3.5 Billion: What we know

TOPSHOT - People queue to visit statues of Pokemon characters displayed outside the Lotte World Tower in Seoul on April 26, 2024. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

Huthis claim new attack on American warships, report new US strikes

The Huthis called out huge crowds to the capital Sanaa to protest against US strikes on Yemen

Agence France-Presse

Israel PM, security agency fight it out in public

Shin Bet director Ronen Bar (C) is flanked by the then armed forces chief and the head of the Mossad intelligence agency in the situation room during an exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners in January.

Agence France-Presse

UAE's Anwar Gargash visits Iran to deliver Trump's letter: What to know

Diplomatic advisor to the United Arab Emirates President Anwar Gargash arrives to attend the opening ceremony of the Summit on peace in Ukraine, at the luxury Burgenstock resort, near Lucerne, on June 15, 2024.