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Middle East and North Africa
Algeria
1963
Bahrain
1959
Egypt
1938, closed 1956, reopened 1961, closed 1967, reopened 1968
Iran
1942, closed 1952, reopened 1955, closed 1979, reopened 2000
Iraq
1940, closed 1967, reopened 1969, closed 1990
Israel
1950
Jordan
1948
Kuwait
1955, closed 1990, reopened 1991
Lebanon
1943, temporarily closed 1982, 1983, 1984, closed 1986, reopened 1995
Libya
1957, closed 1972, reopened 2000
Morocco
1943, closed 1948, reopened 1960
Oman
1971
Palestinian Territories
1942 in Palestine, closed 1948, reopened 1958 in East Jerusalem
Qatar
1972
Saudi Arabia
1965
Syria
1943, closed 1956, reopened 1976, closed 1986, reopened 1993
Tunisia
1962
United Arab Emirates
1969 in Dubai
Yemen
1940 in Aden, closed 1951, reopened 1957, closed 1967, reopened 1973 in Sana’a

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