Israel said it launched strikes on Iran’s nuclear program and other military targets. The attacks killed Maj. Gen. Hossein ...

In a fragmented Islamic world grappling with ideological shifts and multipolar geopolitics, a strategic rivalry unfolds between Turkey’s neo-Ottoman aspirations under Erdogan and Saudi Arabia’s ...

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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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 ...

The EU is increasing its focus on Central Asia for natural resources due to ... send up to 2 billion cubic meters of gas a year to Turkey. Hungary also inked a framework for gas supply with ...

Central Asia boasts significant reserves of oil and gas. But most of the region’s pipelines were traditionally directed towards Russia and, to a lesser extent, south-west to Turkey. Pipelines ...

Since they left the plains of Central Asia with their kindred tribes ... the third century from Bombay to Vienna, through Persia, Russia, Arabia, India, and from Northern Africa to the Pacific.

In such a world, wars might be more frequent, and previous close allies of the United States, whether in Europe or Asia, could be vulnerable ... Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, ...

Whether Trump 2.0 becomes a turning point or a missed chance will rest on Central Asia’s willingness to lead, adapt, and forge partnerships on its own terms in an increasingly complex and ...