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Middle East

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken disembarks his plane upon arrival to Brussels, Belgium March 3, 2022. Olivier Douliery/Pool via REUTERS

Ukraine to feature heavily in Blinken travel to Middle East, North Africa

Blinken is set to visit Israel, the West Bank, Morocco, and Algeria from Saturday to Wednesday, the State Department announced on Thursday, in a trip that will focus on Iran and the conflict in...

The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria 23 May, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

Iran defies Western powers with work on near weapons-grade uranium

Ukrainian and Russian wheat has been crucial for the Middle East's food security. Photo via DW

Middle East faces severe wheat crisis over war in Ukraine

Can we just not talk about Ukraine?Photographer: Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images/Bloomberg

Middle East is frenemy territory for US and Russia

Internally displaced Syrians walk together near tents at a camp in Azaz, Syria,1 March, 2022. Photo: Reuters

Arab refugees see double standards in Europe’s embrace of Ukrainians

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As Mideast rivalries cool, leverage begins to shift

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Is the US gradually losing the Middle East to China?

Air fares to Mideast to be reasonable soon: Momen

Air fares to Mideast to be reasonable soon: Momen

The Palestinians also rejected the cash several times in 2019 after Israel trimmed the sum in retaliation for funds going to the families of jailed or killed militants Photo: Collected

US and Israel ramp up pressure on Iran as diplomacy stalls

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Expatriates’ welfare ministry asks civil aviation to reduce airfares for Middle East-bound flights

A boy's face is seen through the Indian national flag during Independence day celebrations in Mumbai, India, August 15, 2018/ Reuters

India unseats Brazil to become top food supplier to Arab nations after 15 years

A French archaeologist and his co-workers carefully clean the pottery to examine the findings known to be from Dadan and Lihyan civilisation dated back to the second half of the first millennium BC, in Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia October 30, 2021. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri

Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia excavate forgotten kingdoms

Arab League concerned at 'rapid deterioration' of Lebanese-Gulf ties

Arab League concerned at 'rapid deterioration' of Lebanese-Gulf ties