Middle East
Middle East
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![Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-09/GettyImages-964322666.jpg?h=b2774bcf&itok=8LR2ZEhQ)
![Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken signs a book of condolence after the earthquake disaster in Türkiye during his visit to the Turkish Embassy in Washington, DC, on February 10, 2023. (State Department photo by Freddie Everett)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.24.2023%20Coffey%20Arab%20News_0.jpg?h=5604e723&itok=BW2a8T8a)
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken signs a book of condolence after the earthquake in Türkiye during his visit to the Turkish Embassy in Washington, DC, on February 10, 2023. (State Department photo by Freddie Everett)
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![The Grand Mosque of Tabriz in Iran's East-Azerbaijan province on April 24, 2018. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.21.2023%20Hashemi.jpg?h=2f325f26&itok=OGCVZcZ4)
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The Grand Mosque of Tabriz in Iran's East-Azerbaijan province on April 24, 2018. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)
![israel palestine](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.21.2023%20Mead%20ABC%20Australia.jpg?h=35bc5f31&itok=XX_RmqCR)
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The wall of separation between Israel and the Palestinian territories (Gerald Eddie via GettyImages)
In the Media
![burj khalifa](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.20.2023%20Mead%20WSJ.jpg?h=d318f057&itok=vhMoAGgH)
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The Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai. (Unsplash)
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![Michael Doran](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/Image%202-17-23%20at%2012.27%20PM.jpg?h=8787ee89&itok=-NhqqDSB)
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(Screenshot via YouTube)
In the Media
![(@DrSJaishankar via Twitter)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.15.2023%20Pande%20Haqqani%20The%20Diplomat.jpeg?h=1c9b88c9&itok=sOgLsm56)
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Indian Army field hospital medics treat an earthquake victim in Hatay, Turkey, on February 9, 2023. (@DrSJaishankar via Twitter)
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![nelson mandela stadium](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/42606826795_f5a730abe1_o.jpg?h=75a2ac32&itok=1tsc7R6r)
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Nelson Mandela Stadium. (Flickr)
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(Pexels)
![BAKU, AZERBAIJAN - JANUARY 27: The Iranian flag flies outside the country's embassy on January 27, 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan. According to Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry a man armed with a Kalashnikov-style rifle attacked the Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran's capital Tehran, an employee of the security service of the embassy was killed, and two more were injured. (Photo by Aziz Karimov/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.03.2023%20Coffey%20Arab%20News_0.jpg?h=8ce66f29&itok=lQO64m41)
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The Iranian flag flies outside the country's embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, on January 27, 2023. (Aziz Karimov/Getty Images)
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A Chinese flag flies in Beijing, China, on June 28, 2018. (DVIDS)
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![Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Jerusalem on January 31, 2023. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.01.2023%20Schachter%20Bloomberg.jpg?h=4b43426b&itok=zHOrNdj8)
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Jerusalem, Israel, on January 31, 2023. (State Department via Flickr)
In the Media
![An Iranian woman walks past a mural showing Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the capital Tehran on March 9, 2022. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/01.31.2023%20Hashemi%20Washington%20Examiner_0.jpg?h=a141e9ea&itok=HXndlsM3)
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An Iranian woman walks past a mural showing Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, on March 9, 2022. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)
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