Turkey will shift focus to Kurdish guerrillas in Iraq

Erdogan’s drive to crush Kurdish nationalists has driven them to seek Russian and Syrian protection

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Hezbollah and Israel will avoid intentional escalation

Lebanon has accused Israel of flying a drone over Beirut weeks after a cross-border exchange of fire involving Hezbollah

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A Turkish incursion into north-eastern Syria, months in the planning, has begun but could provoke a major backlash

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Vetevendosje is at last poised to enter government but its policies face potential resistance at home and abroad

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Delhi and Washington have in recent years drawn closer strategically, but relations are coming under strain

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India’s prime minister and China’s president are set to meet for informal talks next week

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Ireland and the EU may prefer a no-deal Brexit to a deal with no backstop

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US officials, encouraged by Beirut, have been mediating between Lebanon and Israel in a maritime boundary dispute

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As conflict resolution talks look more likely, long-standing differences obstruct a settlement

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London accepts that any agreement with the EU should include special treatment for Northern Ireland

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