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If my father hadn’t studied Arabic, I might never have become acquainted with this beautiful language. The elegant Arabic script in one of his…
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In his recently published book Reaching for the Heights: The Inside Story of a Secret Attempt to Reach a Syrian-Israeli Peace, veteran American…
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US pauses new sanctions on Russia to keep peace talks alive
