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News Articles: Middle East

President Biden arrives at King Abdulaziz International Airport on Friday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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  • Middle East

Biden meets with Middle East leaders to lay out US strategy for the region

Biden will meet with leaders from six Arab Gulf countries, plus Egypt, Jordan and Iraq. It's the final leg of his trip meant to bolster U.S. positioning and knit the region together against Iran.

July 16, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
In this photo released by the Saudi Press Agency, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and President Biden bump fists as they begin meetings in Jeddah.

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  • Middle East

Biden gives Saudi Crown Prince a fist bump as meetings begin in Jeddah

Side-stepping the bad optics of a handshake with the crown prince deemed to have approved the operation that led to the death of Jamal Khashoggi, President Biden opted for a fist bump.

July 15, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Detrow
President Biden is welcomed at King Abdulaziz International Airport in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah. He was later greeted by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.

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  • Politics

Will he or won't he? Watchful eyes are on Biden's handshakes on his Middle East trip

On Friday, the president shared a fist-bump with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. One day earlier, an Israeli singer declined President Biden's hand.

July 15, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the Augusta Victoria Hospital in east Jerusalem on Friday. Biden announced a U.S. investment of $100 million for a network of hospitals.

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  • World

Biden says the U.S. will work to improve Palestinians' lives

President Biden says that he's committed to the two-state solution for Israel and an independent Palestinian state. But with that goal out of reach, he said, the U.S. will look to help Palestinians.

July 15, 2022
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin,
  • Asma Khalid,
  • and 2 more
President Biden says he always talks about human rights abroad. But he stopped short of saying he would raise the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi when he meets Saudi leaders on Friday.

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  • Middle East

Biden stops short of saying he will raise Khashoggi's killing in Saudi Arabia

President Biden said "I always bring up human rights" on foreign trips, but stopped short of saying he would raise the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi when he meets Saudi leaders.

July 14, 2022
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By:
  • Eric McDaniel
On this trip, the White House says President Biden will try to reduce physical contact as a COVID-19 precaution, meaning fist-pumps replaced handshakes on the red carpet when he arrived.

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  • Politics

Biden tries fist bumps instead of handshakes ahead of Saudi crown prince meeting

The White House says Biden is trying to limit physical contact during his trip to the Middle East because of COVID risks. But it's a decision that comes conveniently ahead of an awkward meeting.

July 13, 2022
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
On this trip, the White House says President Biden will try to reduce physical contact as a COVID-19 precaution, meaning fist-pumps replaced handshakes on the red carpet when he arrived.

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  • Politics

Biden tries fist bumps instead of handshakes ahead of Saudi crown prince meeting

The White House says Biden is trying to limit physical contact during his trip to the Middle East because of COVID risks. But it's a decision that comes conveniently ahead of an awkward meeting.

July 13, 2022
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
President Biden's visit to the Middle East will start in Israel on Wednesday. Then he will go to the Israeli-occupied West Bank to meet the Palestinian leadership. From there, he'll attend a regional Arab summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he'll meet leaders of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Iraq, Jordan and Egypt.

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  • Middle East

Biden's Middle East trip aims to shore up a relatively calm moment in the region

In his visits to Israel and Saudi Arabia this week, President Biden will aim to keep the oil flowing and lock in progress on the Middle East's simmering conflicts.

July 12, 2022
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By:
  • Larry Kaplow
Muslims from across the globe made their way to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to participate in the pilgrimage of hajj. Some who wished to participate in this year's ritual walked away frustrated due to a new set of travel rules put into place by the government.

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  • Religion

New rules for hajj have left many frustrated about their pilgrimage experience

The Saudi Arabian government's new rules for the hajj pilgrimage left many Muslims frustrated and disappointed. Some couldn't make the journey, others were shocked by the conditions upon arrival.

July 09, 2022
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
In August, President Biden met with Israel's then-Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. This will be Biden's first trip to Israel as president, but he has been there many times during his political career.

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  • Middle East

Biden is building on the Abraham Accords, part of Trump's legacy in the Middle East

Joe Biden has jettisoned most of his predecessor's foreign policy. But not the Abraham Accords. Those agreements between Israel and its neighbors are in the spotlight as Biden heads to the Mideast.

July 09, 2022
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
Women walk in a neighborhood heavily damaged by airstrikes in Idlib, Syria, on March 12, 2020.

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  • Middle East

The UN fails to extend aid deliveries to Syrian rebel-held area

The U.N. Security Council failed in two rival votes Friday to extend humanitarian aid deliveries from Turkey to 4.1 million Syrians in the rebel-held northwest.

July 09, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A Muslim pilgrim prays on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Friday, July 8, 2022.

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  • Middle East

Muslim pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat as hajj reaches apex

Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from around the world raised their hands to heaven and offered prayers of repentance on the sacred hill of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Friday.

July 08, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Youssef Al-Kurd waits to be seen for his heart disease at Shifa Hospital in Gaza.

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  • Health

A 70-year-old man in Gaza needed open heart surgery. It was a race against time

NPR journalists followed Youssef Al-Kurd and his family for months as they begged for the medical care that could save his life.

July 07, 2022
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin and
  • Anas Baba
Dozens of <em>Leishmania</em> parasites (purple) surround 3 white blood cells (orange) in this image magnified 1,000 times.

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  • Global Health

A nasty disease is even nastier for patients with HIV. Now there's encouraging news

It's called visceral leishmaniasis. It's spread by sandflies and fatal if left untreated. Fortunately, a new drug regimen holds promise.

July 07, 2022
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By:
  • Max Barnhart
Yellow tape marks bullet holes on a tree and a portrait and flowers create a makeshift memorial on May 19, 2022, at the site where Palestinian-American Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the West Bank city of Jenin.

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  • Middle East

Shot that killed journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was likely fired by Israelis, U.S. says

Officials have concluded that gunfire from Israeli positions likely killed the veteran Al-Jazeera journalist in May, but that there was "no reason to believe" her shooting was intentional.

July 04, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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