President Erdogan’s recent troubles with the United States have prevented Turkey from playing a potentially constructive role in the early phases of the Israel-Hamas war.

With elections looming large, last month's earthquake bodes ill for Turkey's strongman. 

Israel and the UAE both see Iran as a mutual enemy, but their decision to normalize relations also helps them form a united front against Turkey’s growing regional influence.

With Washington absent and Berlin indifferent, it has fallen to Paris to deter and defuse the situation.