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Iran Security Chief Meets Khamenei After Talks With Mecca Pact Countries
Iranian Security Council chief Mohsen Rezaei met with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not appeared in public since March. This meeting occurred...
Can Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey Prevent a Wider War with Iran?
Senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey are due to meet Iranian leaders in Tehran on Monday in a diplomatic effort to contain...
Canada’s Carney Turns to Turkey to Diversify Trade and Reduce Reliance on the US
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Turkey to meet President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday. This is the first bilateral visit by a Canadian...
Europe Has Quietly Changed What It Asks of Turkey
Before dawn on 14 October, Turkish police entered the Istanbul headquarters of Halk TV, the country’s most-watched news channel and one of the few...
Turkey, Qatar, Pakistan and Indonesia Sign Defence Pact to Deepen Military Cooperation
Turkey, Qatar, Pakistan, and Indonesia signed the "Badr Memorandum of Understanding" to enhance defense cooperation on Wednesday in Doha. This agreement aims to improve...
Syria: The Strategic Implications of Becoming the Hormuz Bypass
Intelligence Assessment: The Iran war has turned Syria from a sanctions case into transit infrastructure that Iraq, Turkey, the Gulf and Washington all need,...
Saudi Arabia Is Buying Allies, Not an Alliance
An Adjourned Session in Cairo
On Sunday, Egypt's parliament met in emergency session to authorise military support for Saudi Arabia, and then adjourned without a...
Greece’s $4bn Bet: How Washington Is Rebuilding Its Eastern Mediterranean Around Athens
The Visit That Skipped Ankara
On 7 October, Marco Rubio and Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis closed the sixth US–Greece Strategic Dialogue in Athens with...
Rent the Coast, Don’t Pick a Side: The Horn of Africa’s Middle East Problem
Twenty Kilometres From Africa
On 11 September the Houthis took Mocha and Perim Island and completed their capture of Yemen's Red Sea coast. Iran's Yemeni...
Multi-Alignment Pays, but Washington and Beijing Set the Price
One Week, Three Prices
On 17 September the US State Department notified Congress of a $24.3 billion sale of 48 F-35s to Saudi Arabia. It...