Qatar's foreign ministry summoned Iran's deputy ambassador to protest actions targeting Qatari liquefied natural gas tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.

NETANYAHU said Erdogan is not a "frenemy" but entirely an enemy.

At the NATO summit in Ankara President Erdogan said the US has pledged aircraft, signaling a substantive thaw in defence ties frozen over Turkey’s purchase of Russia’s S-400 system. The Trump administration reportedly moved to bypass congressional restrictions to advance F110 engines and potential backing for Turkey’s F-35 participation, reflecting transactional diplomacy to court a geopolitically pivotal Ankara. The package drew strong opposition from Israel and other regional allies but directly bolstered confidence in Turkey’s defence supply chain and eased tensions on NATO’s southeastern flank in the near term. Macro/market takeaways: a warmer US‑Turkey relationship could prompt regional realignments after multi-front Middle East clashes, support TRY stabilization, and shift georisk premia from acute bilateral isolation toward a broader geopolitical tug-of-war.