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Mecca pact: The quiet alarm spooking the region
Opinion
7 min read
Regional reactions have been notably restrained, varied, and often cautious
China is watching Mecca agreement very closely—and staying very quiet
Opinion
Chinese analysts view the Mecca Pact as a cautious shift toward regional autonomy questioning US reliability without assuming its withdrawal
The Taliban didn't just silence the media—they wrote the silence into law
Opinion
Five years after taking power, the Taliban have transformed media censorship into a systemic and punitive legal framework
After the war: How 3 Middle Eastern powers are betting on each other
Opinion
The major operational question with the Mecca Agreement is how each country will interpret its commitments if one of them comes under attack
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How the Mecca Pact handed Syria an unexpected advantage
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What Türkiye’s new PKK law actually does—and what it doesn't
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Türkiye as defender of Christians in Levant
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How the Evros settlement program became Athens' border policy Waterloo
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When Istanbul becomes a stopover for new Turkish diaspora
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Kosovo is not Crimea and Ukraine should stop treating it like it is
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Eyes on central bank’s new inflation roadmap after July’s encouraging data
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Three capitals, new security, one strategy—decoding the Mecca Pact
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Tired of the Abraham Accords? Meet the Mecca Agreement
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Mecca's new alliance: Reshaping Middle East, or repeating history?
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