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NEW: The PKK has pulled out of Turkiye and border areas of Iraqi Kurdistan. So what justifies Turkish bases in Iraq now? One Shiite armed group has made a Turkish exit a condition for disarming. Will Ankara also leave?

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Iraq has shut a major border crossing with Iran, and sources say Washington is pressing for more closures. This deep dive shows how Baghdad's ruling Shiite alliance handled the last US demand, to ground Iranian flights, and what it cost them at home.

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Egypt's parliament has authorized President Sisi to support Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks. Saudi Arabia and Syria have reportedly discussed Syrian troops for Yemen too. This piece weighs what Damascus stands to gain and lose.

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Trump says he's weighing a deal with Iran against new strikes, while Tehran says indirect talks go on. At home, a feud with the parliament speaker who has led those talks has landed a hardline MP a prison term. The case lays bare Tehran's rift over the talks.

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Trump says he is weighing a deal with Iran against new strikes, and Tehran says it will not let US warships get close. Iran's parliament this month confirmed a veteran of missile production as defense minister. Here is what observers read into the choice.

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Saudi Arabia is reopening terminals at Riyadh's main airport about two weeks after Houthi missiles shut it, as the coalition hits missile launchers in Sanaa. Go back to the five days that closed the Kingdom's gateway and the options Riyadh weighed.

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Iraq's draft 2027 budget is its biggest ever, even as foreign reserves shrink and Baghdad seeks its first IMF program in a decade. Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi had pledged no further borrowing. See how the reported loan request is testing that pledge.

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Saudi Arabia says it downed a fresh Houthi barrage, while the Houthis deny targeting Mecca and Medina. This analysis explains how Riyadh is answering attacks deep inside the Kingdom, and why that answer carries dangers of its own.

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NEW: Iran's parliament speaker vows a response “beyond the enemy's imagination” as one lawmaker posts a map of Israeli desalination and power plants. Suspected Israeli strikes in Iraq raise a bigger question. Has the next war already begun?

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Egypt's parliament is due to vote today on authorizing troops to help defend Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks, a move that needs a two-thirds majority. If approved, support will likely be defensive.