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Article snippet: (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: • In Saudi Arabia, President Trump departed from his earlier incendiary language on Islam and called on Muslim leaders to step up their efforts to counter extremism. Many leaders embraced the new tone on the president’s first overseas trip in office. For one, Egypt’s president complimented Mr. Trump on his “unique personality.” Two of our opinion writers dissected the speech. Mr. Trump signaled a return to a U.S. policy built on alliances with Arab autocrats, prioritizing trade over human rights concerns and further distancing Washington from Iran. _____ • Talks on containing Iran will be on Mr. Trump’s agenda today at his next stop, Israel, amid low expectations for a breakthrough in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Mr. Trump is also expected to be the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem, above, one of Judaism’s holiest sites. Tomorrow, he is scheduled to visit Mahmoud Abbas, the Here’s the full schedule of his nine-day trip. _____ • Turkey faces indefinite rule by presidential decrees, after Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president, vowed to maintain a state of emergency until the country achieved “welfare and peace.” A former military aide to Mr. Erdogan is among the latest batch of soldiers facing trial over the failed coup last year. And Enes Kanter, a Turkish N.B.A. player, was briefly detained in Romania because, he said, his Tu... Link to the full article to read more