Pentagon taps private firm to facilitate Gaza humanitarian port Defense officials said the temporary causeway will be able to receive some 2 million meals per day, but the effort could take long as 60 days to get up and running, likely too late for many Gazans as starvation sets in in the Palestinian enclave. Palestine
Turkey’s Erdogan hosts Zelenskyy, hopeful on Ukraine-Russia compromise Zelenskyy’s visit to Turkey comes one week after that of Lavrov, and as Ankara is trying to find a compromise between Moscow and Kyiv on a Black Sea mechanism. Turkey
Analysis New visits, full momentum: Can Turkey and US go beyond transactionalism? US-Turkey ties are heading in a positive direction, but it’s too soon to be optimistic, according to one expert. By Barin Kayaoglu In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security