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NEW: Pope Leo heads to Turkey, navigating faith, politics and Orthodox tensions
The visit will bolster Turkey’s image on religious tolerance and ties with the Vatican as Ankara navigates sensitive issues surrounding the Halki Seminary and the Greek Patriarchate.
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The visit will bolster Turkey’s image on religious tolerance and ties with the Vatican as Ankara navigates sensitive issues surrounding the Halki Seminary and the Greek Patriarchate.
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Pope Leo heads to Turkey, navigating faith, politics and Orthodox tensions
The visit will bolster Turkey’s image on religious tolerance and shared positions with the Vatican while Ankara navigates sensitive issues surrounding the Halki Seminary and the Greek Patriarchate’s…
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November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
NEW: Pope Leo heads to Turkey, navigating faith, politics and Orthodox tensions
The visit will bolster Turkey’s image on religious tolerance and ties with the Vatican as Ankara navigates sensitive issues surrounding the Halki Seminary and the Greek Patriarchate.
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The visit will bolster Turkey’s image on religious tolerance and ties with the Vatican as Ankara navigates sensitive issues surrounding the Halki Seminary and the Greek Patriarchate.
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New finds in Turkey's southeast add to picture of Neolithic age
By Ceyda CaglayanSANLIURFA, Turkey (Reuters) -Turkey unveiled dozens of new finds at a major archaeological site in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, giving fresh insight into an area seen as showing…
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November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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NEW: Lebanese citizenship for FIFA head revives equal rights debate
Lebanon’s president has announced he will grant citizenship to FIFA President Gianni Infantino, sparking a wave of outrage.
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Lebanon’s president has announced he will grant citizenship to FIFA President Gianni Infantino, sparking a wave of outrage.
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Lebanese citizenship for FIFA head revives equal rights debate
Lebanon’s president has announced he will grant citizenship to FIFA President Gianni Infantino, sparking a wave of outrage.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
NEW: Lebanese citizenship for FIFA head revives equal rights debate
Lebanon’s president has announced he will grant citizenship to FIFA President Gianni Infantino, sparking a wave of outrage.
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Lebanon’s president has announced he will grant citizenship to FIFA President Gianni Infantino, sparking a wave of outrage.
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NEW: Turkey sentences journalist over 4 years in jail for threatening Erdogan www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
Turkey sentences journalist over 4 years in jail for threatening Erdogan
Prominent Turkish journalist Fatih Altayli was sentenced to over four years in prison in a trial government critics say aimed at silencing one of Turkey's most influential journalists and intended to…
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November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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NEW: Israel launches new West Bank op
Tubas Governor Ahmed Al-Asaad told Reuters Israeli forces were encircling the city and establishing positions across several neighborhoods.
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Tubas Governor Ahmed Al-Asaad told Reuters Israeli forces were encircling the city and establishing positions across several neighborhoods.
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Israel launches new West Bank op
Tubas Governor Ahmed Al-Asaad told Reuters Israeli forces were encircling the city and establishing positions across several neighborhoods. Israeli outlets also reported raids in the villages of…
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November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
NEW: Israel launches new West Bank op
Tubas Governor Ahmed Al-Asaad told Reuters Israeli forces were encircling the city and establishing positions across several neighborhoods.
More stories from across the region in today's Daily Briefing: www.al-monitor.com/newsletter/2...
Tubas Governor Ahmed Al-Asaad told Reuters Israeli forces were encircling the city and establishing positions across several neighborhoods.
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Vast trove of medieval Jewish records opened up by AI
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Vast trove of medieval Jewish records opened up by AI
By Hannah ConfinoJERUSALEM (Reuters) -Researchers in Israel are hoping to make new discoveries about Jewish history by loading a digital database of manuscripts stretching back a thousand years into…
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November 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Vast trove of medieval Jewish records opened up by AI
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Popemobile transformed into Gaza mobile children's clinic
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Popemobile transformed into Gaza mobile children's clinic
The popemobile used by the late pope Francis on his 2014 visit to Bethlehem re-emerged on Tuesday as a mobile children's clinic to be deployed in Gaza.The vehicle is still unmistakeable as a…
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November 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Popemobile transformed into Gaza mobile children's clinic
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UK ban on pro-Palestine group under scrutiny in court
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UK ban on pro-Palestine group under scrutiny in court
LONDON (Reuters) -The British government's decision to ban pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation will be challenged in court on Wednesday, with lawyers…
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November 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
UK ban on pro-Palestine group under scrutiny in court
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PKK leader Ocalan gains legitimacy in Turkey, bigger sway over Syria’s Kurds
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PKK leader Ocalan gains legitimacy in Turkey, bigger sway over Syria’s Kurds
The ongoing deadlock between Damascus and the SDF is seen as a major obstacle to progress in Turkey’s efforts to address its long-standing Kurdish issue.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
PKK leader Ocalan gains legitimacy in Turkey, bigger sway over Syria’s Kurds
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NEW: Former PM Kadhimi: Vote shows Iraqis turning toward new leadership
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Former PM Kadhimi: Vote shows Iraqis turning toward new leadership
Mustafa al-Kadhimi told Al-Monitor that the strong performances of parties that ran on their own, as opposed to those on lists, indicate a desire to shake up the status quo.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:26 AM
NEW: Former PM Kadhimi: Vote shows Iraqis turning toward new leadership
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Israel says Gaza hostage coffin received
Israel said on Tuesday it had received the coffin of a hostage held in Gaza, with the remains undergoing forensic examination to determine their identity.Prior to this latest handover, the bodies of…
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November 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Analysis: Trump’s Muslim Brotherhood move rekindles US debate over Islamist movement
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Trump’s Muslim Brotherhood move rekindles US debate over Islamist movement
The executive order targeting Muslim Brotherhood chapters comes after President Trump weighed designating the entire movement in his first term.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Analysis: Trump’s Muslim Brotherhood move rekindles US debate over Islamist movement
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NEW: UAE, Saudi go hard at Dubai Airshow
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UAE, Saudi go hard at Dubai Airshow
The event reaffirmed both states’ efforts to anchor themselves in global supply chains and underscored their shift from import dependence to co-development and export-driven manufacturing.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
NEW: UAE, Saudi go hard at Dubai Airshow
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Trump’s plan to label Muslim Brotherhood tightens pressure on group in Egypt, Jordan
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Trump’s plan to label Muslim Brotherhood tightens pressure on group in Egypt, Jordan
The Muslim Brotherhood has historically had strong support in both countries but has also faced increasing repression from authorities.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Trump’s plan to label Muslim Brotherhood tightens pressure on group in Egypt, Jordan
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Iran’s mismanagement in focus as fires ravage 25-million-year-old forests, our correspondent in Tehran reports
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Iran’s mismanagement in focus as fires ravage 25-million-year-old forests
Prolonged wildfires are raging across Iran's northern Hyrcanian forests, highlighting mismanagement, insufficient resources and climate stress, and forcing volunteers and foreign aid to intervene.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Iran’s mismanagement in focus as fires ravage 25-million-year-old forests, our correspondent in Tehran reports
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AL-Monitor FutureVerse: 🗣️Turkey’s Laz language gets an AI lifeline
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🗣️Turkey’s Laz language gets an AI lifeline
The Istanbul-based Laz Institute is recruiting volunteers to train AI in the language through Mozilla’s Common Voice program, creating a digital archive that could preserve a language increasingly…
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November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
AL-Monitor FutureVerse: 🗣️Turkey’s Laz language gets an AI lifeline
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Analysis: PKK leader Ocalan gains legitimacy in Turkey, bigger sway over Syria’s Kurds
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PKK leader Ocalan gains legitimacy in Turkey, bigger sway over Syria’s Kurds
The ongoing deadlock between Damascus and the SDF is seen as a major obstacle to progress in Turkey’s efforts to address its long-standing Kurdish issue.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Analysis: PKK leader Ocalan gains legitimacy in Turkey, bigger sway over Syria’s Kurds
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NEW: Lebanon's Jamaa Islamiya in spotlight as US moves to designate Muslim Brotherhood
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Lebanon's Jamaa Islamiya in spotlight as US moves to designate Muslim Brotherhood
The Lebanese branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, al-Jamaa al-Islamiya, is a major Sunni political party in the country. But its armed wing has repeatedly attacked Israel during the war with Hezbollah, p...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
NEW: Lebanon's Jamaa Islamiya in spotlight as US moves to designate Muslim Brotherhood
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NEW: Turkey’s spy chief holds talks in Egypt over trapped Hamas militants www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
Turkey’s spy chief holds talks in Egypt over trapped Hamas militants
Turkey’s spy chief met with Qatari, Egyptian officials as the Gaza ceasefire process stalls over Hamas fighters trapped in tunnels.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
NEW: Turkey’s spy chief holds talks in Egypt over trapped Hamas militants www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
Syrian security forces use gunfire to disperse rival protests in Alawite heartland www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
Syrian security forces use gunfire to disperse rival protests in Alawite heartland
LATAKIA, Syria (Reuters) -Syrian security forces used gunfire on Tuesday to break up two rival groups of demonstrators in the coastal town of Latakia, heartland of the country's Alawite minority,…
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November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Syrian security forces use gunfire to disperse rival protests in Alawite heartland www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
Sudan's warring factions have not yet accepted peace plan, Trump advisor says
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Sudan's warring factions have not yet accepted peace plan, Trump advisor says
By Federico MaccioniABU DHABI (Reuters) -The United States presented the warring Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) with a strong text for a peace plan but neither side has…
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November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Sudan's warring factions have not yet accepted peace plan, Trump advisor says
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NEW: As it prepares for Hezbollah’s retaliation, Israel anticipates limited fighting in Lebanon
After Israel killed Hezbollah military commander Ali Tabatabai, the militant group faces demands for retaliation from its base.
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After Israel killed Hezbollah military commander Ali Tabatabai, the militant group faces demands for retaliation from its base.
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As it prepares for Hezbollah’s retaliation, Israel anticipates limited fighting in Lebanon
After Israel killed Hezbollah military commander Ali Tabatabai, the militant group faces demands for retaliation from its base.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
NEW: As it prepares for Hezbollah’s retaliation, Israel anticipates limited fighting in Lebanon
After Israel killed Hezbollah military commander Ali Tabatabai, the militant group faces demands for retaliation from its base.
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After Israel killed Hezbollah military commander Ali Tabatabai, the militant group faces demands for retaliation from its base.
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UAE's Gargash welcomes US efforts to end Sudan war, condemns atrocities
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UAE's Gargash welcomes US efforts to end Sudan war, condemns atrocities
ABU DHABI (Reuters) -Anwar Gargash, the diplomatic adviser to the United Arab Emirates' president, said on Tuesday the UAE welcomed U.S. efforts to end war in Sudan and condemned "atrocities"…
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November 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
UAE's Gargash welcomes US efforts to end Sudan war, condemns atrocities
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Pope Leo to take peace message to Turkey, Lebanon on first overseas trip
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Pope Leo to take peace message to Turkey, Lebanon on first overseas trip
By Joshua McElweeVATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo will embark on his first trip outside Italy as the leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday, travelling to Turkey and Lebanon, where he is expected…
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November 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Pope Leo to take peace message to Turkey, Lebanon on first overseas trip
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