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Israel

An Israeli police officer stands in the east Jerusalem Palestinian neighbourhood of Shuafat, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. (AP)

Vandals damage cars in Arab neighborhood of east Jerusalem

Russia

A woman pushes a baby cart as she walks past rubble of damaged buildings in Raqqa, Syria, May 29, 2019. (Reuters)

Russian forces enter former Islamic State stronghold in Syria after US pullback

US

US Representative Eliot Engel. (Reuters)

In swipe at Netanyahu, US House endorses two-state solution

US

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) meets with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in Rabat, December 5. (AFP)

In first visit to Morocco, Pompeo discusses Iran threat, security cooperation

Iran

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi speaks during an interview in his office in Vienna, Austria December 3. (Reuters)

New UN nuclear chief vows to be ‘firm and fair’ in Iran dispute

Turkey

French President Emmanuel Macron (C) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd R) look at US President Donald Trump (2nd L) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) during a photo shoot at the NATO summit, December 4. (AFP)

Turkey isolated in its Syria policy as Erdogan fails to secure NATO backing

Iraq

US Army soldiers stand outside an armoured vehicle at a base south of Mosul, Iraq, February 23. (AP)

Iraq new flashpoint for US-Iran tensions, troop buildup mulled

US

A Yemeni soldier stands guard at Sanaa Airport during arrival of Houthi prisoners after being released by the Saudi-led coalition in the airport of Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, November 28. (AP)

Yemen war still on radar of US Congress

Gregory Aftandilian

Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seen with world leaders at the NATO summit at the Grove hotel in Watford, northeast of London on December 4. (AFP)

Erdogan uses NATO rifts to buy time