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Israeli settlers attack army base in West Bank
30 June 2025
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- The EU and Ukraine have concluded an agreement on agricultural exports
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- Luhansk the first Ukrainian region fully occupied by Russia
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Türkiye and the Levant
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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Ten people were killed when Israel attacked an aid centre in Gaza
30 June 2025
According to the news channel Al Jazeera and the Palestinian news agency Wafa, at least ten Palestinians who were desperately seeking aid from a controversial and heavily criticised United States–backed organisation have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza over the last 48 hours, according to the besieged enclave’s Government Media Office.
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France and Turkey find common language on defence and trade
6 January 2018
Tough discussions between President Macron and President Erdogan in Paris identify deep common interests, but serious differences remain on Europe and human rights issues.
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Turkish President in Paris on official visit
6 January 2018
President Erdogan will have a private meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace.
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Iran, Azerbaijan and Turkey issue statement after their meeting in Baku
20 December 2017
The foreign ministers underlined their commitment to further expand cooperation particularly in the areas that would contribute to economic progress and sustainable development.
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European Commission Vice President speaks about relations with Azerbaijan in the energy sector
18 December 2017
Sefcovic said Azerbaijan is a very important, strategic energy partner for the European Union.
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Turkish Foreign Minister discusses Karabakh with Minsk Group co-chairmen
30 November 2017
Turkey reiterates its support for the work of the Minsk Process
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Opinion: New transport corridors in Eurasia leave Armenia with a dilemma
8 November 2017
Armenia should take additional steps to overcome its regional isolation and boost its economic cooperation with the outside world, otherwise in the long-term it would be more and more difficult for it to counter Azerbaijani and Turkish pressure, argues Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed.
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Turkey to grant citizenship to thousands of Meskhetian Turks deported from Georgia in Soviet times
6 November 2017
Deported by the Soviet leadership in 1944 the Meskhetian Turks have never been properly rehabilitated, and they have lived largely in squalour in different parts of the former Soviet Union since.
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Opinion: Towards an interconnected South Caucasus
1 November 2017
The recently launched Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway link is a good example of the thriving co-operation between Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey says Emil Avdaliani in this op-ed. The trilateral format, underpinned by various large regional projects, has proved to be durable.
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Analysis: Kurdish region in turmoil
31 October 2017
There is uncertainty in Iraq's Kurdish Region after President Barzani's independence gamble misfires. Dr Benyamin Poghosyan reviews the events of the last weeks, and their likely consequences, in this analysis for commonspace.eu