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🚨 JUST IN: FRANCE to recognize Palestine as a state, major break with US, most powerful EU country to do so. al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

As Ankara courts ties with Hifter's camp, Libya’s eastern-based parliament is reviewing a controversial maritime delimitation agreement Turkey signed with Tripoli in 2019. Hifter’s bloc opposed the deal at the time. More via @ezgi_akin @AlMonitor al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

NEW: ‘We will intervene’: Turkey’s Fidan warns against dividing Syria Ankara threatens action against the Kurdish-led SDF as the US pushes for the group’s integration into a post-regime Damascus. Via @ezgi_akin al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

‘We will intervene’: Turkey’s Fidan warns against dividing Syria Note: Fidan also criticized Israel, but his warning on division was aimed at Syrian groups, a Turkish diplomatic source later clarified to me. al-monitor.com/originals/2025… with insights from @OmerOzkizilcik

I spoke to @AlMonitor on #UAE President’s visit to #Turkey. I see both compartmentalisation & institutionalisation as main features of Turkish-Emirati relations to shift from a zero-sum to cooperative nature. My insight along @Abdulkhaleq_UAE & Robert Mogielnicki @GulfStatesInst

UAE leader’s Turkey visit: The collapse of the Syrian regime marks a seismic shift which analysts say is pushing the two countries closer. It “showed it’s in their interest to work together,” @GulfStatesInst's Robert Mogielnicki told me & @roscarroll_ al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

My quote for @AlMonitor Turkey and the UAE probably have a few differences here and there,  but they value stability in the region, first and foremost. They have moved now from the bad 'C' of confrontation to the good 'C' of conversation and cooperation. al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

My latest @AlMonitor with @ezgi_akin, where we examine what the latest MBZ-Erdogan meeting means for UAE-Turkey relations. "There is a deep, strategic conversation going between Ankara and Abu Dhabi these days on many issues," @Abdulkhaleq_UAE told us. al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

NEW: UAE leader visits Turkey, emphasizing shift from rivalry to regional alignment The presidents of Turkey and the UAE discussed cooperation on trade, defense and regional diplomacy amid shifting balances in the region. Via @ezgi_akin + @roscarroll_ al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

NEW by me & @roscarroll_: Erdogan and UAE’s Mohammed bin Zayed discussed ties in Ankara on Wednesday, as shifting regional dynamics open new doors for cooperation. al-monitor.com/originals/2025… With insights from @SinemCngz, @Abdulkhaleq_UAE & Robert Mogielnicki of @GulfStatesInst

Lebanon's Druze mobilize in solidarity with Syria's Suwayda: What to know al-monitor.com/originals/2025… via @AlMonitor

How Israel’s war hands Turkey edge over Iran: “Iran will have to prioritize its foreign policy goals,” Gregory Brew, @gbrew24 told @ezgi_akin al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

Huckabee calls murder of a Palestinian-American by West Bank settlers "a terrorist act"

If Ankara sees this moment of Iranian vulnerability as an opportunity to establish the Zangezur Corridor, “Iran might see the Kurdish card as a card that it can actually play against Turkey,” @AliVaez told @ezgi_akin al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

NEW: UAE’s Mohammed bin Zayed heads to Turkey amid heightened regional diplomacy al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

Israel's war against Iran may have further tipped the regional power balance in favor of Turkey. But if Ankara moves on the Zanzegur Corridor, Iran could play spoiler for Turkey-PKK peace prospects. Great weekend read via @ezgi_akin @AlMonitor al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

Trump said the Armenia–Azerbaijan conflict is “coming to a successful conclusion.” On Friday, Amb. Barrack floated the idea of the US taking over the Zangezour corridor. The corridor “is the biggest fear that Iran has,” @AliVaez told me last week. al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

From Caucasus to Iraq: How Israel’s war hands Turkey edge over Iran After the war with Israel, a wounded Iran opens new doors for Turkey from Iraq to the Caucasus, but advancing its agenda could rekindle their rivalry. Via @ezgi_akin al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

NEW: From Caucasus to Iraq: How Israel’s war hands Turkey edge over Iran al-monitor.com/originals/2025… with insights from: @AliVaez, @gbrew24 & @BilgayDuman

Thirty PKK militants symbolically laid down their weapons, marking the closest point Turkey and the militant group have ever come to peace in a conflict that has claimed more than 40,000 lives over four decades, @ezgi_akin writes al-monitor.com/newsletter/202…