Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, July 21

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TEHRAN -- Iran's rial gained value against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday as the government of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani decided to intervene to brake up the rampant pace of devaluation of rial over the past weeks.

The recent hike in U.S. dollar's value put the currency's gain against rial at about 55 percent on Sunday since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year that started on March 20. (Iran-Currency)

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CAIRO -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry held a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday, and discussed bilateral ties as well as the latest developments in war-torn Libya, said the Egyptian Foreign Ministry.

Shoukry highlighted Egypt's keenness on Libyan interaction with Cairo Declaration, a recent Egyptian initiative for reaching a sustainable political settlement for the Libyan crisis, said Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Hafez in a statement. (Egypt-Russia)

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ISTANBUL -- Turkey's national flag carrier Turkish Airlines (THY) on Tuesday resumed flights to China's southern city of Guangzhou, the company's press office told Xinhua.

The carrier's first plane to Guangzhou would depart from Turkey's biggest city Istanbul at 6:35 p.m. (1535 GMT). (Turkey-China)

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ANKARA -- Turkish troops would remain in Syria until "the Syrians can live in peace and safety," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.

"We will continue to stay in this country until the Syrian people, our thousand-year-old neighbor and our brothers, achieve freedom, peace and safety," he said while speaking at a presidential meeting in capital Ankara. (Turkey-Syria) Enditem

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