Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) receiving US President Joe Biden, at al-Salman Palace in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on Friday, July 15, 2022. (Image: Saudi press Agency/UPI/Alamy Live News)
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(Top) L-R: Oman’s Deputy Prime Minister for International Relations Asaad bin Tariq al-Said, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa, US President Joe Biden, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Kuwait’s Crown Prince Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, and Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the ‘Security and Development Summit’ in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on July 16 (Image: Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM/AAP); (Bottom) L-R: Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a three-way summit in Teheran, Iran, July 19 (Image: SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM/AAP).
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) receiving US President Joe Biden, at al-Salman Palace in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on Friday, July 15, 2022. (Image: Saudi press Agency/UPI/Alamy Live News)
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Italian TV: "Hitler also had Jewish blood. It means absolutely nothing…the most ardent antisemites are usually Jews." (Photo: YouTube screenshot)
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Israeli President Herzog in Ankara with Turkish President Erdogan (Image: Haim Zach / IGPO)
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Houthi rebel fighters ride on trucks mounted with weapons during a gathering in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
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Israeli judoka Raz Hershko (left) and Saudi opponent Tahani Alqahtani (YouTube screenshot)
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