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													<div class="date">March 5, 2018, 7:55 pm</div>
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								Turkish soap operas are latest casualty of regional conflicts							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/turkish-soap-operas-latest-casualty-of-regional-conflicts/">Saudi-owned network stops broadcasting popular shows amidst downturn in relations between Riyadh and Ankara</a>
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							By <a title="Jon Gambrell" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/jon-gambrell/">Jon Gambrell</a>						</div>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/soccer-beats-politics-for-fans-ahead-of-iraq-saudi-clash/">Friendly match to be held in Basra marks return to international stage for majority Shiite city near Iran border</a>
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							By <a title="Karim JAMEEL" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/karim-jameel/">Karim JAMEEL</a> and <a title="Khalil JALIL" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/khalil-jalil/">Khalil JALIL</a>						</div>
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								Saudi military leaders fired amid stalemated war in Yemen							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/saudi-military-leaders-fired-amid-stalemated-war-in-yemen/">Analyst says restructuring, which includes new female deputy minister, aimed to consolidate the crown prince's plan to reform kingdom's decision making</a>
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							By <a title="Jon Gambrell" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/jon-gambrell/">Jon Gambrell</a>						</div>
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								US opens tough Saudi nuke talks in shadow of Iran deal							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-opens-tough-saudi-nuke-talks-in-shadow-of-iran-deal/">Officials say Riyadh could accept curbs on its atomic program if the Iranian nuclear pact is tightened</a>
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							By <a title="Matthew Lee" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/matthew-lee/">Matthew Lee</a> and <a title="Josh Lederman" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/josh-lederman/">Josh Lederman</a>						</div>
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								Saudi king replaces top officials, appoints woman, in major shake-up							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/saudi-king-replaces-top-commanders-in-major-military-shake-up/">Heads of ground and air forces shuffled along with high ranking civilian positions, in moves seen as linked to prince's bid to consolidate power</a>
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								Saudi Arabia to invest $64 billion in entertainment in next decade							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/saudi-arabia-to-invest-64-billion-in-entertainment-in-next-decade/">With 5,000 events planned for 2018, kingdom continues to push Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's program of social and economic reforms </a>
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								Israel will teach Iran a lesson it won&#8217;t forget, minister tells Saudi outlet							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-will-teach-iran-a-lesson-it-wont-forget-minister-tells-saudi-outlet/">Israel Katz says country not interested in continuing round of hostilities, but warns that Tehran is 'breaking red lines,' and will pay a price along with Syria</a>
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							By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a>						</div>
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								&#8216;Defanged&#8217; Saudi religious police bring relief, foreboding							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/defanged-saudi-religious-police-bring-relief-foreboding/">For decades the 'mutawa' wielded unbridled powers as arbiters of morality,  but recently the group's influence has been gradually diminishing</a>
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							By <a title="Anuj Chopra" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/anuj-chopra/">Anuj Chopra</a>						</div>
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														<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/russia-us-hasnt-made-a-case-for-new-action-against-iran/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/12/000_V63NB-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Illustrative: US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley points to previously classified missile segments she says prove Iran violated UN Security Council Resolution 2231 by providing the Houthi rebels in Yemen with arms, during a press conference at Joint Base Anacostia in Washington, DC, on December 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Jim Watson)" title="Illustrative: US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley points to previously classified missile segments she says prove Iran violated UN Security Council Resolution 2231 by providing the Houthi rebels in Yemen with arms, during a press conference at Joint Base Anacostia in Washington, DC, on December 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Jim Watson)" /></a>
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								Russia: US hasn&#8217;t made a case for new action against Iran							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/russia-us-hasnt-made-a-case-for-new-action-against-iran/">Moscow's UN ambassador says it is unclear whether missile parts shown to council members were Iranian or violated a 2015 arms embargo on Yemen</a>
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							By <a title="Edith M. Lederer" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/edith-m-lederer/">Edith M. Lederer</a>						</div>
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								Lawyers challenge Saudi Arabia&#8217;s spot on Human Rights Council							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/lawyers-challenge-saudi-arabias-spot-on-human-rights-council/">2 British attorneys will contest Riyadh's position, point to 61 people 'arbitrarily detained or disappeared' by the kingdom authorities</a>
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								Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed freed after &#8216;settlement&#8217;							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/saudi-billionaire-prince-alwaleed-freed-after-settlement/">Prince, who was held in Riyadh's luxury Ritz-Carlton hotel for nearly 3 months, released following undisclosed financial agreement with government</a>
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							By <a title="Anuj Chopra" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/anuj-chopra/">Anuj Chopra</a>						</div>
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								Saudi-based group: &#8216;Who in his right mind&#8217; could deny the Holocaust?							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/saudi-based-group-who-in-his-right-mind-could-deny-the-holocaust/">Nazi genocide 'among the worst human atrocities ever,' writes head of kingdom-funded Muslim World League to US Holocaust Memorial Museum director</a>
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							By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a>						</div>
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								Botox scandal wrinkles camel beauty contest							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/botox-scandal-clouds-camel-beauty-contest/">A dozen animals are disqualified from annual Saudi pageant after it is discovered they've had work done</a>
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							By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a>						</div>
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								US tightens rules on Middle East air cargo after 2017 Australia bomb plot							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-tightens-rules-on-middle-east-air-cargo-after-2017-australia-bomb-plot/">TSA says new measures due to 'intent by terrorist groups to attack aviation' via planes departing Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE</a>
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