Al-Monitor Daily Briefing: Ankara may be counting on US-Russian rivalry in Syria

Having trouble viewing this email Click [here]( [Al-Monitor]( Daily Briefing [Facebook]( [twitter]( [E-Mail](mailto:?subject=Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East&body=) [RSS]( [Ankara may be counting on US-Russian rivalry in Syria]( [US President Donald Trump speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their bilateral meeting at the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017.] Semih Idiz for Al-Monitor Unable to make its own mark, Ankara continues to vacillate between Moscow and Washington in an apparent effort to secure support to roll back gains by Syrian Kurds it considers terrorists. [Israel-Hamas prisoner exchange deal 'closer than ever']( Shlomi Eldar for Al-Monitor [Egypt's traditional water jugs get makeover]( Amira Sayed Ahmed for Al-Monitor [Economists praise Egyptian court ruling on jobless benefits]( Salwa Samir for Al-Monitor [Rise of new Saudi crown prince stirs serious concerns in Iran]( Ali Hashem for Al-Monitor [Iran ready to work with Interpol over 1994 Argentina bombing]( Arash Karami for Al-Monitor [Is Iran running Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units?]( Hamdi Malik for Al-Monitor [UNESCO's Hebron resolution hurts Israeli-Palestinian peace process]( Akiva Eldar for Al-Monitor [Israeli Labor voters opt for the new guy]( Mazal Mualem for Al-Monitor [Water pollution in Lebanon reaching dangerous levels]( Florence Massena for Al-Monitor [Iran-PA relations continue to nosedive]( Ahmad Melhem for Al-Monitor [Erdogan readies for show of strength on anniversary of botched coup]( Ali Bayramoglu for Al-Monitor [Pentagon braces for Islamic State insurgency after Mosul]( Jack Detsch for Al-Monitor [Photo of the day] [Children play in the rebel-held besieged Douma neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, July 11, 2017.]( [View slideshow>]( [BrieflyTurkey]( [Egypt]( [Gulf]( [Iran]( [Iraq]( [Israel]( [Lebanon]( [Palestine]( [Syria]( [Turkey]( [Congress]( [Russia / MidEast](  [Al-Monitor]( [Facebook]( [twitter]( [E-Mail](mailto:?subject=Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East&body=) [RSS]( © 2017 AL-MONITOR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED| [PRIVACY]( | [FEEDBACK]( By accessing this site, you accept our [VISITOR AGREEMENT](. Please read it. This email was sent to {EMAIL} If you do not want to receive these emails [unsubscribe]( Al-Monitor · 1850 K St NW · Suite 1225 · Washington, DC 20006 · USA