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Egyptians are bearing the brunt of the Russian-Ukrainian war which broke out in February as food and other commodity prices are soaring.
According to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and…
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Netanyahu did not realise his goal of ending Iran's nuclear programme and regime change, and Iran stood alone in its war with Israel, as global and regional allies left it to fend for itself
For decades, Iran's supreme leader—first Khomeini, then Khamenei—pursued a strategy of backing regional militias to fight Israel, but with the 'resistance axis' in tatters, Iran is left to fight alone