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Flavours of the Arab Golden Age – EP 1: Baghdad and al-Andalus | Food
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Flavours of the Arab Golden Age – EP 1: Baghdad and al-Andalus | Food

A historian and a chef discover a 1,000 year-old Arab cookbook from Baghdad and how its recipes reached southern Spain. A historian and...

US ends sanctions waiver for Iraq to buy electricity from Iran | Energy News
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US ends sanctions waiver for Iraq to buy electricity from Iran | Energy News

Iraq faces worsening power shortages after the US cuts waivers tied to Iranian gas and electricity imports. The United States has ended a...

Turkiye arrests 282 amid bid to reconcile with PKK | PKK News
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Turkiye arrests 282 amid bid to reconcile with PKK | PKK News

Turkiye’s arrests of people with alleged “terror” ties come despite a government effort to end Kurdish conflict. Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said...

US transfers 11 Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman | Human Rights News
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US transfers 11 Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman | Human Rights News

Amnesty International welcomed the transfer but said Guantanamo would remain a ‘glaring, longstanding stain’ on human rights in the US. The United States...

‘Modern slavery’: Trapped in Iraq, Nigerian women cry out for help | Migration
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‘Modern slavery’: Trapped in Iraq, Nigerian women cry out for help | Migration

Sometimes when the pain hits, Agnes* has to pause for several seconds to ride out the excruciating wave. It feels like someone has...

The Iran-led axis of resistance in the aftermath of Syria’s upheaval | Israel-Palestine conflict News
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The Iran-led axis of resistance in the aftermath of Syria’s upheaval | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Tehran, Iran – For decades, authorities in Iran have been meticulously building an “axis of resistance” of like-minded factions to oppose Israel and...

US charges IRGC officer with killing of American citizen in Iraq | Crime News
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US charges IRGC officer with killing of American citizen in Iraq | Crime News

US says Mohammad Reza Nouri orchestrated the killing of Stephen Troell in 2022 as revenge for Qassem Soleimani. The United States has charged...

Two charged over US tech used in deadly drone attack on soldiers in Jordan | Drone Strikes News
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Two charged over US tech used in deadly drone attack on soldiers in Jordan | Drone Strikes News

An Iranian American and a Swiss Iranian have been arrested for allegedly exporting sensitive US technology to Iran for use in attack drones....

Syria’s new rulers must not repeat the past mistakes of Lebanon and Iraq | Opinions
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Syria’s new rulers must not repeat the past mistakes of Lebanon and Iraq | Opinions

In these first days of what is being hailed as a “new era” in Syria, the authorities now controlling Damascus are sending mixed...