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Syria

Medical workers oversee the disinfection of streets in order to halt the spread of the new coronavirus in Qamishli, Syria. (AP)

China, Russia push for lifting of sanctions on Syria over pandemic

US

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends a news conference at the State Department, in Washington, March 31. (Reuters)

US accuses Tehran of being ‘directly involved’ in the killing of Iranian dissident in Turkey

Iran

A file picture of a US Patriot missile system at a Turkish military base in Gaziantep, Turkey. (AFP)

Tehran assails US deployment of Patriot missiles in Iraq, claims to speak for Baghdad

Coronavirus

Oil tank at Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Saudi Arabia. (Reuters)

Saudi to raise oil exports to 10.6 million barrels per day in May

Oil market

Proactive mode. A general view of Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq oil processing plant. (AFP)

The messages behind Saudi Arabia's oil market moves

Khattar Abou Diab

G20

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud attends G20 videoconference discussing the coronavirus pandemic, March 26. (AFP)

Saudi-led G20 summit marks global turning point in tackling pandemic fallout

Iraq

The US Embassy as seen from across the Tigris River in Baghdad, January 3. (AP)

Rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone as foreign militaries pull out troops

Lebanon

A 2018 file photo shows Marc and Debra Tice, parents of US journalist Austin Tice, who was abducted in Syria in August 2012, giving a news conference in Beirut. (AFP)

Amer Fakhoury, Austin Tice and the Iranian-Syrian hostage game

US

File photo shows US troops from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division arrive at Green Ramp for a deployment to the Middle East in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (AFP)

Washington pulls up stakes, reassesses challenges in Mideast

Geoffrey Aronson