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Did CNN just out Azerbaijan as Israel's secret military partner?
Middle East

Did CNN just out Azerbaijan as Israel's secret military partner?

A new report suggests someone wants to burn Baku's plausible deniability, which puts it in hot water with its Iranian neighbor

Thomas Barrack
Middle East

Tom Barrack's highwire act in the Middle East enters its second year

Trump's ambassador to Turkey and envoy to Syria has earned a mixed reception for his unconventional diplomatic approach

A fake threat exposes a very real crisis between Turkey and Israel
Middle East

A fake threat exposes a very real crisis between Turkey and Israel

Relations between the two Middle East powers are about to blow — or at least the media says — amid wars in Iran and Lebanon

Pakistani gambit: Can ‘coalition of the constrained’ make a difference?
Middle East

Pakistani gambit: Can ‘coalition of the constrained’ make a difference?

They may not have the ability to stop the Iran war, but leaders from Turkey, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, meeting in Islamabad, are going to try

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Middle East

Squeezed between hostile powers, Turkey tries playing it cool

Erdogan knows he is sitting on a geopolitical tinder box, with a long war threatening Kurdish uprisings, refugees, and a possible showdown with Israel

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Middle East

Neocons wanted an Azeri uprising against Iran. They didn't get it.

So far Azerbaijan is de-escalating, along with other countries in Central Asia, including Turkey. Their interests aren't exactly in line with the DC think tank set.