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Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 board an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to the "Golden Falcons" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12, are seen on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in response to a call for assistance from the Mercer Street, a Japanese-owned Liberian-flagged tanker managed by Israeli-owned Zodiac Maritime, in the Arabian Sea July 30, 2021. Picture taken July 30, 2021. US Navy/Handout via REUTERS

Iran denies involvement in attack on Israeli-managed tanker off Oman

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett accused Tehran of "trying to shirk responsibility" for Thursday's incident, and called its denial "cowardly"

Iran rejects Israel's 'baseless accusations' over ship attack

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks as he meets with the Syrian cabinet in Damascus, Syria in this handout picture released by Sana on March 30, 2021.Photo :Reuters

Syria's Assad asks PM Hussein Arnous to form new cabinet

Israeli alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaks during a news conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 30, 2021. Photo: Reuters

Israel blames Iran for attack on tanker off Oman that killed two

FILE PHOTO: Visitors walk near the King Fahd Library, following an outbreak of coronavirus, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia March 12, 2020. Picture taken March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri

Saudi Arabia to allow vaccinated tourists to visit after 17-month Covid closure

A Palestinian health worker is vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) after the delivery of doses from Israel, in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

Coronavirus chronicle

Israel to give third Covid jab to people aged over 60

Police officers patrol a street in Tunis, Tunisia, July 28, 2021. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

US's Blinken urges Tunisia to return to 'democratic path'

Fourth wave of Covid-19 hits Middle East, WHO sounds alarm over delta variant

Coronavirus chronicle

Fourth wave of Covid-19 hits Middle East, WHO sounds alarm over delta variant

Mourners attend the funeral of 12-year-old Palestinian boy Mohammad Al Alami, who was killed by Israeli troops according to Palestinian health ministry, near Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank July 29, 2021. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

Israeli forces kill Palestinian during clashes in West Bank, officials say

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks on the release of the 2021 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report as Kari Johnstone, acting director of Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficing In Persons, listens at the State Department in Washington, US, July 1, 2021. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/Pool

Blinken says Iran negotiating process cannot go on indefinitely

A view shows damaged buildings in the aftermath of a massive explosion in Beirut's port area, Lebanon August 13, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Bader Helal

Probe into Beirut blast stalls again, leaving families fuming one year on

Palestinians mourn the death of the shot boy, 12, during his funeral in the West Bank town of Beit Ummar, near Hebron, on Wednesday. Photo: The National

Israeli troops shoot dead Palestinian boy in West Bank, officials say

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his cabinet members, in Tehran, Iran July 28, 2021. Official Khamenei Website/Handout via REUTERS

Iran's Khamenei blames 'cowardly' US for pause in nuclear talks