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A view of the destruction by the Israeli military of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip on July 29, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group.

Inside the Palestinian Authority’s day-after plan for Gaza

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Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh flashes a victory sign during the swearing-in of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian hours before his death in an air strike in Tehran

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh killed while visiting Iran

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Royal Saudi Air Force Panavia Tornado and F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft fly over during an airshow marking Saudi Arabia's 93rd National Day celebrations in Riyadh on September 23, 2023. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP) (Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

Suudi Arabistan yerli üretimi artırmak için Türk savunma sanayii devlerine yöneldi

Suudi Arabistan yerli savunma sanayiini geliştirmek için büyük adımlar atıyor.

Francesco Schiavi

Yazar: Francesco Schiavi

In Bologna, reporting on security, defense, economy, governance

Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defence system over the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel, on July 15, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Lebanon's Hezbollah fighters. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP) (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

İran ve Hizbullah nasıl yanıt verecek? İsrail farklı senaryolara hazırlanıyor

Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

People visit the booth of Chinese automobile manufacturer BYD during the Indonesia International Motor Show in Surabaya on May 29, 2024.

Analysis

Otomobile Çinliler geldi, Koç Romanya’ya gitti

Mustafa Sonmez

In Istanbul, reporting on economics

The protest movement leader Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan participates during the rally demanding the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's resignation over land transfer to neighboring Azerbaijan, outside the government building in central Yerevan on May 30, 2024.

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Azerbaycan’a verilen tavizler nedeniyle Paşinyan’ı devirmek isteyen başpiskopos Al-Monitor’a konuştu

This combination of file photographs created on July 7, 2024, shows Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) in Ankara on May 29, 2023, and Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on July 16, 2023.

Analysis

Türkiye-Suriye normalleşmesi söylemden mi ibaret, gerçek mi?

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 04: Annie Lennox performs onstage during the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Grammy'nin özelliği Gazze'de ateşkes çağrıları, keffiyeh ve İsrailli rehinelere destek

Gazze'de yıkım, uluslararası ateşkes çabalarına rağmen devam ediyor ve ölü sayısı 27.000'i aştı.

Displaced Syrian children attend a class in Bab al-Salama camp for people fleeing the violence in Syria, on the border with Turkey, Oct. 27, 2014.

Türkiye’deki Suriyeli çocukların Arapça ile bağı kopuyor

Mouneb Taim

People hold a giant rainbow flag during a parade on Istiklal Street.

Aleviler LGBT+i cenazelerine kapılarını açtı

Sibel Hurtas

One of the slogans displayed in street art by Chain Effect on Hamra Street, Beirut.

Akaryakıt zamları Lübnan’da bisiklet kullanımını artırıyor

Clement Gibon

Christians

Kudüs’ün Hristiyan nüfusu eriyor

Ahmad Melhem

In Ramallah, reporting on politics

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The sun sets behind high voltage transmission towers (electricity pylons) along a highway in El-Shorouk, a satellite city about 47 kilometers outside the city center of Cairo, on July 24, 2023.

Analysis

Küresel ısınma ve İsrail gazına bağımlılık Mısır'da elektrik krizini büyütüyor

Mısır’da gaz üretimindeki düşüş, artan talep ve döviz sıkıntısına bağlı olarak baş gösteren elektrik sıkıntısı, kavurucu sıcaklar ve İsrail’den gaz ithalatının aksaması ile kötüye gitti.

Rosaleen Carroll

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The Maiden's Tower is pictured.

Gaz tedarikini çeşitlendirmek isteyen Türkiye LGN alımı için ExxonMobil ile görüşüyor

In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech

Turkish Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek looks on before the press conference following the cabinet meeting held at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on August 21, 2023. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP) (Photo by ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Seçim bitti, sıra acı reçetede

Mustafa Sonmez

In Istanbul, reporting on economics

A teller holds Turkish lira banknotes at a currency exchange office in Istanbul, Aug. 13, 2018.

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Türkiye Merkez Bankası sürpriz bir artışla faiz oranlarını %50'ye çıkardı

Guests attend the Global AI 2020 Summit in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on Oct. 21, 2020.

Suudi Arabistan yapay zekaya 40 milyar dolar yatırıyor

In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech