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Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and his son Bilal Erdogan during Istanbul Youth Festival, last May. (AFP)

Cracks appear in Erdogan’s ruling party ahead of elections

Palestine

From detention to house arrest. Palestinian Governor of Jerusalem Adnan Ghaith (2nd-L) meets relatives after his release from detention in Jerusalem, December 2. (AFP)

What are Israel’s motives for arresting Palestinian Jerusalem governor?

Egypt

Back into the spotlight. A 2017 file picture shows activists holding a picture of Giulio Regeni and candles as they take part in a demonstration in Rome. (AFP)

Alarm in Cairo about Italian moves over Regeni case

Egypt

Questions remain. Egyptian Defence Minister Mohamed Ahmed Zaki (L) and his Sudanese counterpart Awad Ibn Ouf in Khartoum, November 25. (AFP)

Egypt-Sudan reach agreement on border security, questions remain

Iraqi

Entrenched divisions. Lawmakers attend a session of the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad, on October 24. (Iraqi Parliament Office)

Stalemate persists in Iraq, Shia blocs remain at loggerheads

Manuel Langendorf

Syria

No viable alternatives. James Jeffrey, the US special representative for Syria, during a meeting at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, last September. (Reuters)

US wants to ‘pull the plug’ on Syria’s Astana talks

Syria

Educational outreach. A Syrian refugee girl holds a Russian ABC-book during a meeting of Syrian refugees in Losino-Petrovsky, about 50km north-east of Moscow. (AP)

Russia bolsters its outreach in Syria amid struggle for influence

Hezbollah

Whack-a-mole. Israeli soldiers gather near the site of an Israeli excavation site for reported cross-border Hezbollah-dug tunnels, December 5. (AFP)

Israel’s hunt for cross-border tunnels ratchets up pressure on Hezbollah

Nicholas Blanford

Hezbollah

Israeli soldiers sit in a Humvee at a security checkpoint along a road near the northern Israeli town of Metula near the border with Lebanon, on December 5. (AFP)

Israel sends warning messages to Lebanon over Hezbollah