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🗞️NEW: How #China benefits from Trump’s pullout of UNESCO • Expand footprint inside UN • Push agenda on BRI, AI,Heritage sites • Use org in Global South • Partner with Mideast, EU inside🇺🇳 • Richard Gowan : A blow to counter-China bipartisan wing al-monitor.com/newsletter/202…

I tell Joyce Karam that the U.S. decision to quit UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 is a "blow to those who hoped that the threat of Chinese influence would be enough to keep Trump engaged with the UN."

As Turkey opens to Hifter and Russia remains entrenched, the US faces a crowded and shifting Libya chessboard. I spoke to Jalel Harchaoui جلال حرشاوي and Ben Fishman in my latest for AL-Monitor al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

US rejects two-state solution conference as “a publicity stunt that comes in the middle of delicate diplomatic efforts to end the conflict,” State spox says

"We will remain a member of the NPT on the condition that we enjoy our rights under this treaty, including the right to enrich," Iran's FM spokesperson said. This comes just a day after Trump called Iran's insistence on enrichment "stupid" My latest AL-Monitor

Cholera, hunger plague Sudan’s Darfur region amid RSF siege: What to know, Rosaleen Carroll reports al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

AIPAC has denied reports that it dropped its endorsement of congressman Randy Fine, who has made comments telling Gazans to "starve away" and that "everything about the ‘Palestinian’ cause is a lie." My latest AL-Monitor al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

NEW: Syria FM heads to Russia in first high-level Moscow visit post Assad As the new Syrian government looks to redefine its ties with Moscow, Russia aims to maintain its naval and air bases in Syria. Via Rosaleen Carroll: al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

Syria FM heads to Russia in first high-level Moscow visit post Assad ⁦Rosaleen Carroll⁩ provides the context | AL-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012 al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

NEW China-Middle East newsletter: A China-Turkey EV boom? Turkey is becoming a key launchpad for China's electric vehicle ambitions and a case study in how Beijing maneuvers through a more fragmented global trade system, Rosaleen Carroll writes. Read more: al-monitor.com/newsletter/202…

In AL-Monitor's China-Middle East newsletter, I cover China's EV push in Turkey. The partnership is seemingly booming, but for Turkey, there are political and economic trade-offs that remain unresolved. al-monitor.com/newsletter/202…

NEW: Mysterious fires, alleged cyberattack hint at escalating Israel-Iran shadow war al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

NEW: Egypt inks offshore oil and gas deals with Eni, BP: What to know al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

NEW: Egypt holds second Senate vote as pro-Sisi parties dominate: What to know The Senate elections, dominated by pro-Sisi government parties, feature fewer party list and individual candidates compared to elections held in 2020. al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

Egypt's Senate election is dominated by pro-government parties vying for 200/300 seats in the chamber. Turnout numbers have yet to be released, but in 2020, the country saw a ~14% turnout rate. My latest AL-Monitor al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

🚨 BREAKING: Turkey names new army chief in unexpected reshuffle, Ezgi Akın reports al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

NEW: The Trump admin is quietly pushing for the removal of UN Security Council sanctions on Syrian President Sharaa and Interior Minister Khattab Comes as Sharaa is set to address the UN General Assembly next month al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

NEW: Who Is Ali Larijani? Khamenei confidant returns to Iran’s top security post The appointment comes amid a wider security reshuffling following Iran’s war with Israel in June. al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

NEW: UN: Sudanese children 'skin and bones' as 250,000 in El Fasher face starvation al-monitor.com/originals/2025…

As UN agencies warn of the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Sudan, foreign mercenaries have allegedly taken control of the Zamzam displaced persons camp, just outside of El Fasher. My latest for AL-Monitor al-monitor.com/originals/2025…