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Is Turkey losing Washington? (Cengiz Candar, Al-Monitor)

Despite the longstanding alliance and close military partnership between Turkey and the United States, the relationship has always been troublesome. For some time now,...

Israel’s Lapid discusses Iran, Abraham Accords, US-Israel ties in Washington (Rina Bassist, Al-Monitor)

An unnamed State Department official said this morning that the United States is working to expand the Abraham Accords normalizing relations between Israel and...

Ankara hints at new Syria operation after spate of attacks near border (Diego Cupolo, Al-Monitor)

Two years since its last Syria incursion, Ankara is hinting at a new cross-border military operation in response to a spate of attacks near...

Blinken warns Iran ‘time is running short’ on nuclear deal return (Al-Monitor)

Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned “time is running short” for Iran to re-enter the landmark agreement that curbed its nuclear activities, adding the...

Is Erdogan’s Communications Directorate failing him? (Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor)

Steven Cook published a piece in Foreign Policy about how Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is too sick to continue his job, discussing who might be...

US envoy headed to Gulf to discuss ‘options’ on Iran’s nuclear program (Al-Monitor)

The lead US envoy on international negotiations with Iran to limit Tehran’s nuclear program will head to the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi...

Jailing of terminally ill Gulen disciple stirs hearts across Turkey’s ideological divide (Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor)

A well-known saying of the Prophet Mohammed intones, “Allah has no mercy for him who has no mercy for his fellows.” It appears to...

‘A living hell’: Churches, clergy targeted by Myanmar military (Nu Nu Lusan and Emily Fishbein, Al Jazeera)

Last month, Myanmar soldiers gunned down Cung Biak Hum, a 31-year-old Baptist pastor, while he rushed to help put out a fire caused by...

Myanmar won’t allow ASEAN envoy to meet Aung San Suu Kyi (Al Jazeera)

Myanmar’s ruling military will not block a visit by ASEAN’s special envoy but will not allow him to meet detained former leader Aung San...

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