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Turkey

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (R) and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias at their press conference in Ankara on April 15, 2021. (AFP)

Greek FM threatens Turkish counterpart with EU sanctions

Israel

Iranian activists set to burn US and Israeli flags during a rally in Tehran, on November 28, 2020, to protest the killing of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. (AFP)

Iran-Israel ‘shadow war’ risks running out of control

Libya

Libyan security forces patrol the north-central city of Sirte on March 10, 2021 during a parliament session. (AFP)

UN Security Council to vote on Libya cease-fire monitors

Erbil

The model of an aeroplane decorates a square near Erbil’s International airport in the capital of Iraq’s autonomous northern Kurdish region on April 15, 2021. (AFP)

First-time drone attack in Erbil seen as Iranian test of US, Kurdish response

Libya

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, and the head of the Presidential Council of Libya Mohamed al-Menfi, meet in Athens, on Wednesday, April 14, 2021.(AP)

Greece, Libya to discuss marking out maritime boundaries

Turkey

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks during a news conference in Istanbul, . REUTERS

Turkish delegation to visit Egypt as Ankara seeks to repair ties

Baghdad

A firefighter at the site of a car bomb attack in Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq April 15, 2021. (REUTERS)

In new security lapse, bomb blast kills four in Baghdad

UAE

US soldiers standing next to an F-35A Lightning II stationed at the Emirati Al-Dhafra base, about 32 kilometres south of Abu Dhabi. (AFP)

US to proceed with $23 billion weapon sales to UAE

Erbil

A February 2021 file picture shows damage following a rocket attack targeting a military complex inside the Erbil airport that hosts foreign troops deployed as part of a US-led coalition. (AFP)

Pro-Iran militias blamed for drone attack on Erbil airport