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Ankara’s role, and that of the gathering of which it is part, is notable in that it combines close relations with the United States and other Western powers with support for and exploitation of anti-Western Islamist forces on the ground as a key element of its power-building. Image: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in 2024.
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Turkey’s ‘Strategic Triad’ Gains Sway in Trump’s Middle East Policy, Posing Challenges for Israel
In This Emergent Bloc, Turkey, Qatar, and Pakistan Are the Core Players
July 5, 2026
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Jonathan Spyer
Israeli organized crime figures have turned to Turkey as a base for running their criminal enterprises, securing citizenship or legal residence and expanding their international reach, according to US court documents reviewed by Nordic Monitor.
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Turkey Served as Base for Israeli Mafia Boss Wanted Through Interpol
July 5, 2026
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Abdullah Bozkurt
President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government wants investment, legitimacy, and an end to isolation. Leaders of that government emerged from jihadist organizations, and Syria remains a highly vulnerable, fractured state. Pledges to keep Iran out are welcome. Yet they still prove nothing. Al-Sharaa in Berlin, March 30, 2026.
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Syria’s New Rulers Want a Deal. Make Them Lock Iran Out
The U.S.-Iran Memorandum Signed Last Month Left the Middle East’s Core Conflicts Unsettled
July 5, 2026
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Jose Lev Alvarez