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Iran’s top leader has banned Western-made COVID-19 vaccines but is facing mounting fury from a populace devastated by the coronavirus.
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Chewing qat, a green narcotic leaf, is so widespread and ritualistic that even the fighting in Yemen’s civil war can fall silent in the afternoons.
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Aid groups fear the designation will worsen the suffering of millions of Yemenis by impeding the flow of humanitarian assistance.
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The pardons of four Blackwater contractors has reignited anger over one of the most disturbing episodes in the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq.
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Weakened by war, Yemen’s government is barely functioning, but that has allowed creative local leaders to thrive — and perhaps show the way forward.
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Despite a civil war and the COVID-19 pandemic, Yemen remains a crossing point for tens of thousands of East African migrants headed for Saudi Arabia.
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The assassination of a top nuclear scientist comes at a fragile moment for Iran’s government, which must balance calls for vengeance even as it waits for Biden to take office.
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The killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi is seen as part of the U.S. and Israel’s shadow war aimed at dismantling Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
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Armenia and Azerbaijan enlist artists, lobbyists and online activists in a 21st century propaganda war in their fight over Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Deadly fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh has caused grief and anger. But for many Azerbaijanis displaced by the conflict, it’s also brought hope.
