Palestinian Muslims

As the international stage thrums with tension from the war in Ukraine, strain in the Balkans, civil wars in Africa and the new tragedy unfolding in the Middle East, Greek-Turkish cooperation and dialogue acquire fresh political dimensions.

Turkish President Erdoğan has congratulated Palestinian protest icon Ahed Tamimi in a phone call, hours after her release from Israeli prison.

Palestinian protest icon Ahed Tamimi returned home to a hero's welcome in her West Bank village on July 29 after Israel released the 17-year-old from prison at the end of her eight-month sentence for slapping and kicking Israeli soldiers.

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Nov. 11 accused the Islamist movement Hamas of trying "to destroy" efforts to broker national unity through a series of bomb blasts in Gaza last week.