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US

US President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs for travel to Japan from the White House in Washington, US, May 24, 2019. (Reuters)

Trump says he will send 1,500 troops to Middle East

Pakistan

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi (R) shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in Islamabad, May 24. (Pakistan Foreign Office via AP)

Iran's foreign minister in Pakistan amid tensions with US

Oman

Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah meets US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington, last December. (AP)

Oman says it is trying to reduce US-Iran tensions

Iran Sanctions

Oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz, December 21, 2018. (Reuters)

Turkey stops buying Iran oil despite earlier unwillingness

Iran

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, left, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speak to members of the media after a classified briefing for members of Congress on Iran on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, May 21, 2019. (AP)

Pentagon proposing a troop buildup in Mideast

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid al-Falih prepares to chair a meeting of energy ministers from OPEC and its allies to discuss prices and production cuts, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, May 19, 2019. (AFP)

Saudi cabinet affirms desire to avoid war, stabilise oil markets

US

The building of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is pictured in The Hague, Netherlands, October 4, 2018. (Reuters)

US says signs Syria may be using chemical weapons, warns of quick response

Turkey

A view shows a new S-400 "Triumph" surface-to-air missile system after its deployment at a military base outside the town of Gvardeysk near Kaliningrad, Russia March 11, 2019. (Reuters)

Turkey military receiving Russian defense system training

Georgie Anne Geyer

American journalist Georgie Anne Geyer. (uexpress)

Georgie Anne Geyer's final journey

Oussama Romdhani