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Syria's Alawites should embrace 'Zionism,' Israel amid Bundism's failure - opinion
Alawite “Zionism”: A movement of collective self-preservation, self-defense, and cultural revival. Alawite “Bundism”: A movement to embrace assimilation into pan-Arabism.
Turkey eyes post-Iran Middle East as regional order shifts - analysis
Turkey’s strategy for long-term dominance in the Middle East - opinion
'Israel cannot live without hostility': Turkey warns Israel may target it next
Kurds say Baghdad’s new budget is vengeful for cuts to their sector
Many Kurdish lawmakers boycotted the vote in protest of the parliament’s decision to cut the Kurdistan region’s share from 17% of the budget to less than 12%.
Erdogan says Turkey values Iranian stability, praises Rouhani
Turkey's ties with Iran expanded last year as the country's relations with the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia - Tehran's main international opponents - all frayed.
Palestinian militant chief in Lebanon camp says he's moved to Syria
he rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad has drawn militant Sunnis from across the region.
The Israel-Sunni alliance
Although discreet ties have developed, they are unlikely to be formalized without progress on the Palestinian track.
Voices from the Arab press
A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.
Egypt 'hunting down' gays, conducting forced anal exams
On the same day, Egypt also banned all forms of support toward the LGBT community on media outlets.
Suicide attacks on restaurants, checkpoint, kill 60 in southern Iraq
Islamic State is under siege in the Syrian city of Raqqa, its operational base for attacks in the Middle East and the West.
Leading Sunni Muslim center calls for intervention to 'save' al-Aksa
Issuing of the statement pointed up the potential for wider reverberations of the al-Aksa crisis in the Arab world.
Lines in the Sand: Qatar's increasing isolation in the Arab world
An alliance of pro-US Sunni Arab states is emerging.
Iran's Zarif urges Trump to discuss avoiding another 9/11 with Saudis
Saudia Arabia denies supporting its citizens who hijacked planes on September 11, but modern critics wonder if the nation's growing extremism could lead to a repeat of the incident.