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Daily Briefing Turks blame US, Iran for encouraging Baghdad against Ankara SEMIH IDIZ for Al-Monitor Turkey's opinion-makers think Iraq isn’t acting alone in its calls for Turkish troops to leave a camp near Mosul. Protests bring transparency but not stability to Tunisia's oil sector  SARAH SOULI FOR AL-MONITOR Threats drive out beauty pageant in Upper Egypt  MENNA A. FAROUK FOR AL-MONITOR Why Egypt's 'revolution of the hungry' isn't coming soon  SHAHIRA AMIN FOR AL-MONITOR Five reasons Rouhani will be president for another term  ALI OMIDI FOR AL-MONITOR Will Jewish MP join Iraqi parliament?  SAAD SALLOUM FOR AL-MONITOR Is a new West Bank settlement Obama's red line?  AKIVA ELDAR FOR AL-MONITOR Will Salafi groups trigger Israel-Hamas clash?  SHLOMI ELDAR FOR AL-MONITOR How Palestinians hope to increase exports  ENTSAR ABU JAHAL FOR AL-MONITOR 'Syrian Interim Government' still seeks legitimacy amid violence  SARDAR MLLA DRWISH FOR AL-MONITOR Campaign for missing Kurdish politician winds up with a rare happy ending  IRFAN AKTAN FOR AL-MONITOR Turkey’s Islamists can’t get enough of Lindsay Lohan AMBERIN ZAMAN FOR AL-MONITOR What US-Russia fallout means for Syria  PAUL J. SAUNDERS FOR AL-MONITOR VIEW SLIDESHOW> Egypt Gulf Iran Iraq Israel Lebanon Palestine Syria Turkey Congress Russia / MidEast