For years Iran has sponsored terror and rebel groups in the region, including Hamas and Hezbollah. In return, Israel has struck at Iranian leadership, most recently killing two se ...

While originally focused on Arab-Israeli relations, recent developments have expanded the scope of the Accords into new regions—including the South Caucasus and Central Asia, in addition to ...

BEIRUT — Sunni regional powerhouses Turkey and Saudi Arabia have had a complicated and often contentious relationship over the years. But their ties warmed significantly after Bashar Assad was ...

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right, greets Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa during his arrival at the royal palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 2, 2025. (Saudi Ministry of Media via AP, File) ...

Turkey’s central bank stuck to its year-end inflation forecast and signaled that it’ll keep interest rates higher for longer to meet it. The bank is ready do “whatever is needed” to tame ...

Central Asian respondents are clear-eyed in measuring the state of democratic practices in their respective countries, which registered the lowest democratization scores in the Asia-Pacific region ...

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's renewed conflict with India over the past several weeks has underscored its strong bond with Turkey, as the two Muslim-majority nations boost ties over weapons procurement ...

China's strategic relationship with Central Asia has grown expansively over the past decade, symbolized by both the 1996 founding of the "Shanghai Five," which in June 2001 became the Shanghai ...

The geography of Central Asia at the intersection of the interests of Russia, China, Turkey, Iran and the West means that a single country, even one as large and economically relatively powerful ...

War rivals Ukraine and Russia are set to go into their first direct talks in more than three years on Thursday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin not included on the list of attendees. Ukraine ...