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Detentions, protests and anti-refuge sentiment, Turkey this week
Hamas has provided new feedback to the Israeli cease-fire proposal intended to close the gap between the two sides, a senior Hezbollah commander was killed in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon and Iranians will vote on Friday in a presidential runoff pitting the Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian against ultraconservative former nuclear negotiator Saee
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Expert Benyamin Poghosyan on why Armenia's peace bid with Azerbaijan, Turkey is proving so hard
Washington is piling pressure on Azerbaijan to sign a peace agreement with Azerbaijan that would allow Turkey to normalize its relations with Armenia. But Azerbaijan is resisting calls to finalize a draft peace agreement and wants further concessions from Armenia. Benjamin Poghosyan, a senior research fellow at the APRI think tank in Yerevan, explains why.
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