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  • Sanctions

  US Hits Iran with New Sanctions

  aawsat.com - Asharq Al-Awsat

  The United States slapped fresh sanctions on a dozen Iranian officials and entities for "serious" human rights abuses Tuesday. The sanctions announced …

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  • Lebanon

  Lebanon may be independent, but it still depends on too many other states

  middleeastmonitor.com - Dr Amira Abo el-Fetouh, Middle East Monitor

  Lebanon marks its "independence day" on 22 November annually, the day that it became independent of France in 1943. Or did it? Is Lebanon really …

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  • Iran

  Shadi Sadr: Jews Have Been Cut Off from Iranian Public Life

  iranwire.com

  Forty years of institutional antisemitism in the Islamic Republic of Iran has seen the country’s Jewish population decrease to a third of its …

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  • Turkey

  Patronage marginalizes qualified Turkish diplomats

  al-monitor.com - Semih Idiz

  Increase of unqualified personnel and self-serving political appointees has harmed Ankara’s ability to conduct international affairs, experts say.

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  • Iran

  Iran cosies up to UAE days after French warplane sale

  RFI

  Iran has said it hopes to turn the page in its ties with the United Arab Emirates during a rare visit by a senior official from the Gulf Arab country. The meeting comes days after France sold 80 Rafale...

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  • Syria

  Israel Struck Weapons Shipment Meant for Iranian Militias in Syria's Latakia, War Monitor Says

  haaretz.com - The Associated Press and Haaretz

  Syria said Israeli planes attacked the Latakia port, with no casualties reported Syria’s military said Israeli warplanes fired missiles on the port of …