Diplomacy

How Turkey and Qatar are playing an outsized role in Trump's new Middle East

Turkey and Qatar's regional rivals face several setbacks as the two countries seal deals with US on energy and security in Syria

Netanyahu 'unsettled' by Macron's push to recognise Palestinian statehood

Saudi Arabia accuses Israel of 'extremism' after historic West Bank visit blocked

Syria after Assad

Turkey and Israel set up hotline over Syria tensions

Syrian president skips Arab League summit in Baghdad following opposition

Russia-Ukraine war

Russia-Ukraine talks yield few results in Istanbul

Trump seals deals and slams western 'interventionists' in Saudi Arabia visit

Donald Trump signs $142bn defence sales agreement with Saudi Arabia during visit

Palestine state

UK 'in discussion' with France and Saudi Arabia over Palestinian statehood

Israel will not send a senior representative to Pope Francis' funeral

Rubio unveils sweeping State Department overhaul, taking aim at human rights bureaus

Iraqis campaign to ban visit by Syria's Ahmad al-Sharaa over al-Qaeda past

Why a lasting rapprochement between Algeria and France may be elusive

Tewfik Hamel

France expels Algerian diplomats, recalls ambassador amid escalating row

Diplomatic spat escalates as Algeria orders French embassy officials to leave

Algeria's Sahel neighbours withdraw ambassadors after shooting down of Malian drone

Trump prepares to meet Netanyahu as allies warn US against war with Iran

Syria after Assad

Turkey and Israel mull deconfliction line in Syria, sources say

Austria must expel Israeli envoy over call to execute Gaza children

Esad Širbegović

Steve Witkoff and Tucker Carlson: Key Middle East points from US envoy interview

Trump shutters Voice Of America, US soft-power icon