Al-Monitor Senior Correspondent Amberin Zaman discusses why US-Turkey relations are unlikely to get better; the Kurdish question in Turkey, Iraq and Syria; why an Israel-Turkey rapprochement is not imminent; and her new role as the other host of 'On the Middle East'….also Andrew’s take on Hamas and Egypt’s vital role in regional peace efforts.

• Israel side-eyes Turkish offers of friendship as Ankara shelters Hamas (al-monitor.com)
• KRG asks US forces to deploy along Kurdish-controlled part of Iraqi-Syrian border (al-monitor.com)
• Hamas scrambles for relevance in post-normalization Middle East (al-monitor.com)