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What is Türkiye seeking through the Mecca and Badr alliances?

Türkiye has taken institutional steps to strengthen security cooperation in the Middle East, as part of its foreign policy approach, which it calls “regional states taking the lead.” Ankara played an active role in establishing the Mecca Alliance with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan first, then the Badr Alliance with Qatar, Pakistan and Indonesia.

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Mayor of Kyiv Klitschko on the conflict with the Zelensky administration. The main thing from the BBC interview

The mayor of Kyiv, Vitaliy Klitschko, believes that the central government is trying to discredit him and pave the way for his removal from office. In an interview with the BBC, he links the escalation of the conflict with criticism of the capital's preparedness for winter, public protests against the city administration and criminal cases. At the same time, Klitschko denies that his relationship with the president’s office boils down to a personal conflict, and presents what is happening as a problem in the relationship between the center and local government.

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