Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said he understood Trump's frustrations with the alliance, but that the "large majority of European nations" had been helpful to Washington's war effort in Iran.

It was the Ukrainian leader's first trip to Syria since diplomatic relations were re-established at the end of last year following the fall of Syria's long-time strongman Bashar al-Assad.

Nuh Yilmaz, Turkey's new Ambassador to Syria, presents his credentials to President Sharaa, marking a significant step in bilateral relations.

​At the center of this new map stands the State of Israel, no longer a nation in constant defense, but the central axis around which total regional stability is built.

The antiwar front’s non-Western flank is joined by a sizable Western opposition to the war on both sides of the Atlantic.

Ankara feels that from the Horn of Africa to the Eastern Mediterranean and Syria and Iraq it has increased its influence greatly in the last years. 

DW Director General Barbara Massing called the accusations baseless and said the arrest was "a deliberate act of intimidation and shows how severely the government is suppressing press freedom."

Earlier in the week, social media speculation about MbZ’s health had surged after Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan postponed a planned visit to Abu Dhabi.

Turkish FM Hakan Fidan also said that the idea that US or Israeli airstrikes on Iran could lead to regime change was "a pipe dream."