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Religion

Members of the medical staff treat a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit in Houston, Texas. (AFP)

Less Muslim doctors drawn to US under Trump

Iran

An Iranian locally made cruise missile is fired during war games in the northern Indian Ocean and near the entrance to the Gulf. (Reuters)

In wake of setbacks, Iran boasts of ‘missile cities’ underground

Lebanon

A file picture of Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab (L) meeting with Defence Minister Zeina Akar Adra. (AFP)

Lebanese cabinet member: ‘international community closed to us’

Bahrain

US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook speaks during a joint news conference with Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani (not pictured), in Manama, Bahrain, June 29. (Reuters)

Manama backs US call for extension of sanctions on Iran

Palestine

Protesters gather in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square to denounce Israel’s plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, on June 23. (Reuters)

Israel undeterred over annexation, Palestinians wary of impact on lives

Libya

GNA’s Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj meets with the US Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland and commander of US Africa Command (AFRICOM) Gen. Stephen Townsend, in Zuwara, Libya, June 22. (Reuters)

After talks with GNA, US delegation draws a ceasefire line beyond Sirte

Lebanon

Syrians walk in old Damascus in front of a portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (AFP)

Lebanon should steer away from Syrian regime after Caesar Act

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Jordan

Ahlam Aref Ahmad al-Tamimi during an interview in her home in the Jordanian capital of Amman. (AP)

US reopens old extradition dispute with Jordan

US

Syrian President Bashar Assad. (AP)

First batch of US Caesar Act sanctions targets Assad and his inner circle