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Turkey

Turkish soldiers patrol a street in the Syrian village of Ram Hamdan, north of the city of Idlib. (AFP)

Turkish intervention in Syria is part of Erdogan’s regional ambitions

Libya

A Rafale jet aircraft performs a demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show, in Le Bourget airport, north of Paris. (AP)

Rafale attacks on Turkish targets in al-Watiya airbase: Egyptian or French?

annexation

A construction site in the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. (REUTERS)

Israeli real estate developers find business in annexation

Libya

Libya’s Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj meets with Turkish Minister of Defence Hulusi Akar in Tripoli, Libya July 3. Reuters (REUTERS)

New agreements making Libya into Turkish military protectorate

Iraq

A file picture shows young Iraqis cooking meals during anti-government sit-in in the Iraqi capital Baghdad’s central Tahrir Square.( AFP)

Suicides on the rise as young Iraqis pushed to despair

Turkey

Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (R) meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Doha, July 2. (AFP)

Erdogan goes on tax collector mission to Doha

Iran

Mourners attend a funeral procession for Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, the deputy head of Iraq’s Hashd al-Shaabi militia, last January. (DPA)

US sanctions, pandemic hit Iran’s funding for proxies in Iraq

Doha

Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs Khalid bin Mohammad al-Attiyah welcomes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) upon his arrival in Doha. (AFP)

In Doha, Erdogan seeks Qatari funds for foreign interventions

tunisia

A file picture of President Kais Saied (2nd L) inspecting the guard of honour at the Carthage Palace. (AFP)

Foreign pressures on President Saied to change position on Libya