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ISIS

Renewed fears. A Syrian boy walks in al-Hol camp for the internally displaced people in Hasakah governorate in north-eastern Syria. (AFP)

Handing ISIS fighters over to Turkey could terribly backfire

EU

View of the plenary assembly at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium October 9. (Reuters)

European Union is a sideshow in Syria conflict

Gulf

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a picture during their visit to Al-Turaif historical district in Riyadh, October 15. (Saudi Press Agency via DPA)

Putin’s visit to the Gulf underscores strong signs of diminishing US role

Gregory Aftandilian

Russia

Warm welcome. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in a car at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, October 15. (WAM)

Moscow expands influence in a region that Washington appears to be deserting

Palestine

A Palestinian hugs a family member as he prepares to cross to Egypt through the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip. (AFP)

Israel pushing Gazans to migrate to change demographics

US

US President Donald Trump (C) embraces Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, as US Vice-President Mike Pence looks on, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, last March. (AP)

Trump’s actions fuel Israeli concerns about US staying power

Geoffrey Aronson

Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses an African Muslim Religious Leaders Summit, in Istanbul, Saturday, October 19. (AP)

Erdogan won but only in the short term

Iran

An Iranian boy pulls a hand cart at the old main bazaar in Tehran. (AP)

Iranians suffer as Tehran’s appetite for regional power grows

Iran

Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani speaks during an interview in Tehran, October 1. (AFP)

What does Iran’s Soleimani think of Hezbollah’s Nasrallah?