Plans to form an international force to stabilize Gaza after the war remain unclear, as its mandate, oversight, and operations have yet to be defined.

As part of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Gulf tour, which included Kuwait, Qatar, and Oman and resulted in the signing of 24 agreements, declarations, and joint statements across various fields, Al-Estiklal spoke with two Turkish academics about the visit’s broader implications.

In the elections held on October 19, 2025, Tufan Erhürman, leader of the Republican Turkish Party and former PM, was elected president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, continuing the policy shift that began after the failed 2017 negotiations with the Greek Cypriot administration.

This visual contrast between the official and the parallel, between the state and what lies outside it, sums up the reality of Tripoli today: a city governed by multiple centers of power, where lines of loyalty intersect between the government, militias, tribes, and even foreign capitals.

Beyond the 20 public clauses of the Gaza Deal, the Israeli Occupation is expected to pay heavy political prices that were never mentioned in the official announcement.