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US President Joe Biden attending Jeddah Security and Development Summit (GCC+3) at a hotel in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on July 16, 2022.

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The architects of the 1913 coup were officers from the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP)

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The coup that brought down the Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman coups inspired similar coups against leaders in Iran, Iraq and Syria

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Diplomat and former Lebanese Minister of Culture Ghassan Salame poses for a photo session at the Palais Brongniart during the fifth edition of the Paris Peace Forum, on November 12, 2022.

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Ghassan Salamé: The Arab world is on the verge of tremendous change

Speaking to Al Majalla, the statesman warns against the 'institutionalisation' of regional interventions at a pivotal time for the Middle East

Ibrahim Hamidi 22 Feb 2023

Iranians walk past Shahab-2 (L) and Shahab-3 missiles on display in front of a large portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a square in south Tehran on September 28, 2008.

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Iran's push for an empire reveals the dark reality of its ruthless ambitions

Iran's meddling in regional states has brought nothing but poverty and global isolation to the Iranian people

Houssam Itani 24 Feb 2023

A view of the city skyline and River Nile from Cairo tower building in the capital of Cairo, Egypt December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

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Egypt will apply to host the Summer Olympic Games in 2036, the Egyptian youth and sports minister said in a statement on Saturday, a bid that if successful would make it the first Arab or African…

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Mr. Taha Yassin Ramadan, First Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq

From Archive: Taha Yassin Ramadan to Majalla: Peace with Iran is Possible Under the Current Regime

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Why Not: A Series Sheds the Light on Children Adoption in Egypt

In Egypt, there are many issues that people are not familiar with yet, or they do not accept them depending on old legacies and misconceptions. One of these issues is children’s adoption, either by a…

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Poster of Iman Mersal’s book, “In the Trail of Enayat Al Zayat”.

On the Trail of Enayat Al Zayat

In her latest book, “On the Trail of Enayat Al Zayat,” writer Iman Mersal shares the details of a journey seldom told. The book follows the trail of a woman writer in the 1960s and eloquently shares…

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