Israeli-US leader ties will be functional but fraught

Israel's relationship with the new US administration faces a double challenge

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Worsened Russian relations will cut Erdogan’s options

Recent tensions threaten Turkey’s delicately balanced relationship with Russia

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A dispute at the Al-Aqsa mosque has ignited wider fury over multiple provocations

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Prime Minister Pashinyan has called an election which he calculates his bloc can win despite waning popularity

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The massing of Russian troops has raised fears of direct intervention, both in Kyiv and among its international friends

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Talk of a formal military alliance is meant to impress, and scare, the West, but has little substance

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Almost seven years after the beginning of the Yemen war, international mediation initiatives are floundering

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Emirati decision-makers are pragmatically rebalancing political, economic and security interests

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Internal tensions and lack of financing undermine the cobbled-together cabinet, as the Huthi military threat mounts

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Iraq straddles US priorities of re-engagement with Iran, rationalisation of overseas deployments and counterterrorism

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