Overview
- Pro-government outlet Turkiye reports Ankara is considering dispatching military observers, search-and-rescue teams, and engineer-sapper units rather than frontline security forces.
- Turkey’s presidential administration told RIA Novosti it will announce its position when details are concrete, with Turkish media suggesting first outcomes could emerge this week.
- U.S. officials are holding closed-door talks to assemble an International Stabilisation Force and plan to present a proposal in the coming weeks, according to Axios.
- Draft concepts envision deployments along Gaza’s borders with Egypt and Israel, with security roles more likely filled by contingents from Egypt, Pakistan, and Azerbaijan.
- At a Istanbul meeting of foreign ministers from Turkey, the UAE, Indonesia, Qatar, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, Turkish FM Hakan Fidan said contacts on the force’s tasks and composition are ongoing.