Mayor of Istanbul arrested as part of crackdown on opposition to Turkish president
Ekrem Imamoglu is considered the chief challenger to leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Ceasefire is the only option for Hamas as Israel renews attacks
Militant group has been under growing pressure from Gazans to end the war
Syria’s interim president secures agreement with Druze and Kurds
Ahmed Al-Sharaa has pledged to make Syria ‘inclusive’ and respect all minorities
Hope for Syria as government and Kurds sign deal to merge forces
Kurdish community to get citizenship and language rights denied under Assad regime
In restive Syria, who are the Alawites?
Minority group supports Bashar al-Assad and is now subject to reprisal attacks
Almost 200 die in Syria as loyalists of deposed Assad regime clash with government forces
Violence deals blow to interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa’s rule of shattered country
Arab League had no choice but to find alternative to Trump’s proposal to resettle 2.3m Gazans in Egypt and Jordan
Long criticised for disunity, the bloc now has a $53bn plan to rebuild Gaza Strip, boost its economy and replace Hamas
Jailed Kurdish leader calls for PKK to ‘disarm, dissolve’ after four-decade campaign that has cost 40,000 lives
Abdullah Ocalan is serving life sentence, but could be freed under tentative Turkish peace process
As Israel is set to free more Palestinian prisoners, thousands still detained face alleged mistreatment
Conditions of detention have deteriorated dramatically with Israel holding an estimated 10,000 Palestinian prisoners
Israeli forces blow up house of alleged killer as West Bank raids continue
UN says more than 41,000 Palestinians have fled their homes in the occupied territory during Israel’s military campaign
Saudi Arabia set to host mini-summit to discuss Trump’s proposal to deport Gazans
Aim is to formulate plan before full meeting of 22-member Arab League
While Israel faces pressure to bring hostages home, Hamas has to get aid into Gaza to maintain credibility
Gazans need mobile homes as rain has swamped makeshift shelters and temperatures fall to 5 degrees at night
Jordan has long faced existential peril from pressures to become the ‘Palestinian state’
Jordan absorbed most of the 750,000 Palestinians who fled the Israeli-Arab war in 1948. A fresh influx could destabilise the country
Trump calls for immediate nuclear talks with Tehran
US president dismisses reports that United States and Israel planned to ‘blow Iran to smithereens’ as ‘greatly exaggerated’
Arab leaders have many cards to play in opposing Donald Trump’s Gaza plan
Analysis: China and Iran among the potential beneficiaries of US president’s proposal