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Israel's defenders are right. It's a world leader – in democratic decline

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Netanyahu authorises Israel negotiators to continue Doha hostage talks: office

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Rome, Tehran summon envoys over jailed reporter

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Rome summons Iran envoy, demands release of jailed reporter

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UN experts slam Israel's 'blatant assault' on health rights in Gaza

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After outrage, Syria's education minister clarifies curriculum changes: What to know

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Qatar Airways to resume flights to Damascus starting 7 January

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Iraqi Kurdish city bans groups accused of PKK links

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Did Bashar al-Assad just survive an assassination attempt?

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77% of Palestinians without basic relief supplies, NGO says

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Israel confirms Syria raid on Iran-funded missile factory in September

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Iran marks fifth anniversary of general's killing

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Ethiopia defence minister visits Somalia, in sign of detente

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Suicides among Israeli soldiers surge amid Gaza war

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Al-Monitor's top 10 most-read articles, interviews of 2024

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Iran says new Syrian government should act ‘rationally’

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Iranian Bahai poet to be re-jailed after heart op: exile group

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Will the Palestinian Authority's West Bank crackdown backfire?

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US searches for Cybertruck blast, New Orleans attack links

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Israel ramps up intelligence gathering in Yemen. But is it too late?

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Syrian government plans to extend passport validity for expats

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Italy summons Iran envoy, demands release of jailed reporter

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5 must-have Mediterranean ingredients from Porta Palazzo market

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Gaza rescuers say Israeli strikes kill police chief, two dozen others

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Iraq extradites outspoken critic Salman Al-Khalidi to Kuwait

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Syrian delegation visits Saudi Arabia in first post-Assad trip: What we know

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After Ocalan meet, Turkey opposition to brief Speaker, far-right leader

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Cardiff University 'spied' pro-Palestine students and staff

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Morocco: activists on trial for critiquing slow earthquake aid

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27 migrants die off Tunisia, 83 rescued, in shipwrecks

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Syria forces launch security sweep in Homs city

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Israel admits role in Syria weapons facility raid killing 18

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Gazans struggle against cold, diseases and displacement amid war

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Gaza's Islamic Jihad says Israeli captive tried to take own life

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Mass graves in Syria lay bare the depths of Assad's repression

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Syria’s new curriculum sparks nationwide outcry

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‘I want to fight wherever there is still life’ in Gaza & beyond

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Al-Jazeera slams ban by Palestinian Authority

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Uncertainty looms for female judges in post-Assad Syria

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Israel strikes south Gaza 'safe zone' killing 11

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Kurdish party IMK plans to open office in post-Assad Damascus

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Police chief among 11 killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

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Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to publish two books

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'Mind of steel': Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi defiant despite imprisonment

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IDF reviewing report of rocket fragments falling in central Israel after missile from Yemen shot down

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11 years on, Syria protesters demand answers on abducted activists

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Saudi Arabia executes at least 338 people in 2024

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Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside Trump Las Vegas hotel

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