Elke Götze

GHF’s Chapin Fay shows @UN trucks full of aid sitting idle inside Gaza, out of reach of the Palestinian people. We've distributed over 92 million meals, but GHF was never meant to feed Gaza alone. We call on the UN and the international community to step up and help. The people…

Turkish MP reveals plight of female cadets serving life sentences on coup charges stockholmcf.org/turkish-mp-rev…

Is the New Syria Unravelling? @robertwrighter & @joshua_landis youtu.be/PgpobVyE6fw?si… via @YouTube

BREAKING: Cambodia reports 12 new deaths in conflict with Thailand

NEW podcast: Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks falter as aid groups warn of starvation in Gaza @ElizHagedorn spoke with @Adam_Lucente about where the Gaza ceasefire and hostages talks stand after another setback and the worsening hunger crisis in Gaza: al-monitor.com/podcasts/israe…

NEW Al-Monitor Turkey: Turkey's balancing act Things are looking up for Ankara as its quest for Eurofighters is nearing a successful conclusion. @amberinzaman delves into that and why Turkey remains so critical to the world’s most burning issues: al-monitor.com/newsletter/202…

NEW Al-Monitor Israel: Israel, Syria hold first high level talks in 25 years The meeting raised hopes across the region that Israel and Syria may be edging closer to a security agreement, write @BenCaspit and @RinaBassist. al-monitor.com/newsletter/202…

Why has France decided to recognise Palestinian statehood? al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

NEW: Iran's new satellite launch: Aerospace leap or Russia-backed mirage? al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

NEW: In Azerbaijan, Syria’s Sharaa extends reach to South Caucasus, worries Iran al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

Trump can use the extraordinary diplomatic and political capital he has accumulated with the region’s players to improve Syria’s prospects for reconstruction, columnist @stevenacook writes. foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/22/syr…

Hundreds of Iraqis staged a protest on Friday in the central province of Babil , demanding urgent government intervention to address worsening water shortages kurdistan24.net/en/story/85396… - K24

Erbil has asked the United States to provide the Kurdistan Region with a defence system after recent drone attacks targeted oil fields including some operated by American companies, a government official said on Friday - Rudaw

The KRG has directly accused Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), which includes pro-Iran groups, of being behind the drone attacks. Baghdad has denied the charge.

On Saturday morning, armed assailants launched a attack on the Zahedan courthouse in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, located in Southeastern Iran - Iran's Fars News Agency h/t @BarzanSadiq

Yesterday, a Syrian Defense Ministry delegation led by Air Force Commander Brig. Gen. Asim Hawari attended Turkey's IDEF 2025 arms expo. Following Assad's fall, the new Syrian government has boosted defense ties with Turkiye - @Sy_Defense

According to a report by the Mezopotamya Agency, PKK's Veysi Aktaş, who was imprisoned in İmralı prison, has been released after serving 31 years and 3 months of his sentence - ANF

New head of anti-Islamic State mission in Iraq and Syria takes command longwarjournal.org/archives/2025/…

Hamas must either release hostages, including the remains of Americans Itay Chen and Omer Neutra, or Qatar should immediately eject Hamas from Doha. Hamas is a liability that is not worth the reputational risk of harboring terrorists. reuters.com/world/middle-e…

Baluchi militant group Jaish al-Adl claims responsibility for the attack on the judiciary building in Zahedan in southeast Iran State media media says several individuals have been wounded and ambulances are on the scene