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A picture taken on June 18, 2017 shows a general view of the Palace of Justice in Kuwait City [YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images]
Kuwait court overturns law banning ‘imitation of opposite sex’

Originally posted to The Middle East Monitor website, 16 February 2022  Kuwait’s Constitutional Court today [...]

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, second right, arrive at Qasr Al-Watan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. Erdogan traveled Monday to the United Arab Emirates, a trip signaling a further thaw in relations strained over the two nations' approaches to Islamists in the wake of the 2011 Arab Spring. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
Turkish president in UAE as relations thaw after icy decade

Originally posted to the Associated Press website, 14 February 2022. ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates [...]

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This image provided by Cyprus Press and Informations Office, shows Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al-Saud, left and Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides speaking to the media, during a press conference after their meeting, at the foreign ministry house in capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. The Saudi foreign minister says his country views Cyprus as a "bridge" between the Middle East and the European Union, helping the 27-nation bloc "understand what's going on" in the region. (Stavros Ioannides PIO via AP)
Saudi sees Cyprus as bridge between Europe, Middle East

Originally posted to the Associate Press website, 14 February 2022. NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Saudi [...]

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As Iran talks stall, Israeli PM makes snap trip to Bahrain
February 14, 2022

Originally posted to the Associated Press website, 14 February 2022. JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime [...]

Lebanon's Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi gives a press conference about a seizure of a cache of captagon tablets, a codrug of amphetamine and theophylline, that was hidden in tea boxes to be smuggled, at the headquarters of the Internal Security Forces in Lebanon's capital Beirut on January 25, 2022. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)
Lebanon events by Bahrain opposition group be cancelled

Originally posted to The Middle East Monitor website, 11 February 2022  The Lebanese Minister of [...]

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Afghan children hold banners during a protest over lenghty U.S. relocation process, at a Gulf facility where they have been housed since fleeing their homeland last year, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, February 10, 2022 in this picture obtained from social media. Rise to Peace/via REUTERS
Afghan refugees in UAE protest months-long wait for resettlement

Originally posted to the Reuters website, 11 February 2021. DUBAI, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Hundreds [...]

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