Israeli negotiating team has travelled to Qatar with Hamas, US and Arab officials all suggesting a deal may be within reach

Away from Gaza, my colleague Ruth Michaelson has this analysis of the relationship between Syria and Erdoğan’s Turkey.

Less than a week after the deposed Syrian president Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow, Turkish officials raised their flag over the embassy in Damascus. While many of the shutters on the palatial villa remained closed, the red and white crescent flew over the embassy rooftop for the first time in 12 years.