Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan tensions may escalate

May attempts to arrest suspected drug dealers in the city of Khorog, the capital of the...

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Iraq crisis set to reshape Syrian civil war

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pledged today that Iran would defend Shia holy sites in Iraq in...

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Images released today by Sunni extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) appear to...

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After three years of political turmoil, North Africa's post-uprising states are looking to...

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The Syrian economy has been battered by the effects of the past three years of conflict, which...

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The National Elections Commission announced yesterday that parliamentary elections would be...

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Rebels evacuated central Homs yesterday after being granted safe passage to opposition-held areas...

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President Bashar al-Assad announced yesterday that he will stand for a further seven-year term in...

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France has typically been a very understanding partner to Russia, but considers the annexation of...

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The Constituent Assembly elected Ali Tarhouni as its leader in its first meeting in Bayda on...

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