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Stories under this heading cover Türkiye as well as the Levant – a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia, consisting of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Palestine.

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Monday Commentary: If Russians and Turks start killing each other in Libya and Syria, the consequences may be unpredictable
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Monday Commentary: If Russians and Turks start killing each other in Libya and Syria, the consequences may be unpredictable

3 February 2020
Reflecting on new tensions in Russian-Turkish relations Dennis Sammut says that Erdogan is not the first one to discover that the hug of the Russian bear comes with a price. Others, not least in the Caucasus region, are watching as this drama unfolds, and wondering what the consequences may be.
Dennis Sammut
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Merkel in Turkey for talks with Erdogan
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Merkel in Turkey for talks with Erdogan

24 January 2020
The German Chancellor joined the Turkish president on Friday morning for the official opening of the new German-Turkish University in Istanbul. The two leaders were expected to hold talks later on a range of regional and international issues.
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Monday Commentary: It's time to talk!
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Monday Commentary: It's time to talk!

13 January 2020
Recent events in the Middle East are the latest flare-up in an arc of crisis around Europe. The EU needs to push ahead with a structured dialogue to explore solutions, argues Dennis Sammut in this week's Monday Commentary.
Dennis Sammut
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