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The health of millions of people across the Eastern Mediterranean region is under siege. From Gaza to Sudan, war has torn through hospitals, displaced health workers and left civilians without access to the most basic services.

The leaders of the Organization of Turkic States — Turkiye, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan — on Tuesday held a summit in Azerbaijan, where Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on his counterparts to deepen their engagement with the new administration in Damascus.

The world really does function in cycles. I recall that, more than 10 years ago, I often used the EU and its construction as a model or case study for the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. Today, I find myself doing the opposite increasingly often.