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As UK swings left with Labour landslide, what awaits Middle East policy?

The party’s campaign highlighted the importance of resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict. A radical shift in the United Kingdom’s Middle East policy is unlikely under the newly elected Labour government, though internal party rifts over the war in Gaza will mean the party will approach the region differently from the Conservatives. …

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Erdoğan and Putin discussed Ukraine, Gaza, and Syria

President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in Astana, Kazakhstan, where both leaders attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit.Erdoğan invited Putin to Turkey, and Putin accepted the invitation during their meeting. The anticipated visit of the Russian president this spring was postponed. …

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