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FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2014 file photo, a gas flare burns at a gas refinery in the South Pars gas field, on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf, in Asalouyeh, Iran. Iran likely will further embrace Beijing as an alternative market for its crude oil and financial transactions amid uncertainty over the nuclear deal. That doesn’t mean China offers a safe haven to Iran without conditions. Analysts say Beijing will try to extract the maximum benefit, and there is growing concern that China may take advantage of Iran.
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Sanctioning Iraq over gas imports from Iran is a mistake

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Members of the Turkish-Arab journalist association hold posters with photos of missing Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, as they hold a protest near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. Khashoggi, 59, went missing on Oct 2 while on a visit to the consulate in Istanbul for paperwork to marry his Turkish fiancée. The consulate insists the writer left its premises, contradicting Turkish officials. He had been living since last year in the U.S. in a self-imposed exile, in part due to the rise of Prince Mohammed, the son of King Salman.
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If Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead, is Mohammed bin Salman ‘the world’s most dangerous man?’

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Pompeo said Thursday he is
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Iran-backed terrorism more likely if Mike Pompeo closes Basra consulate

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South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
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South Korea wants to brainwash students to whitewash North Korea’s bloody history

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Senators had asked Trump to call out Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his authoritarian policies and human rights violations.
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Despite Trump’s tough rhetoric, his administration is appeasing Turkey

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Drones are already being used to study whales in the oceans, to monitor hard-to-access ecosystems, to affordably plant trees in depleted forests, and for an array of military purposes. (Sanjit Das/Bloomberg)
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Get ready: The Kurds might soon use drones against Turkey

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Soldiers march as Turkish air force helicopters fly over a military parade in the Turkish-occupied area of the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Nov. 15 , 2017.
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The Eastern Mediterranean is getting more dangerous, and it’s not because of Russia, Syria, or Iran

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Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, President Jimmy Carter, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin clasp hands on the North lawn of the White House as they completed signing of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel in Washington.
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40 years after the Camp David Accords, diplomats misunderstand why it happened

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Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi speaks during a conference in Cairo, Egypt.
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Washington’s misplaced human rights advocacy on Egypt will backfire

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Secretary of State John Kerry arrives for a conference on climate change and innovation in clean energy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., Monday, Jan. 9, 2017.
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John Kerry deserves jail for secret Iran diplomacy

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