Amid ethnic protests, Iran warns of foreign meddling

James M. Dorsey | Iran has raised the specter of a US-Saudi effort to destabilize the country by exploiting economic grievances against the backdrop of...

Syria regime welcomes returning refugees with charm offensive

AFP | Several years after fleeing Syria, a group of wide-eyed refugees stares through the tinted windows of their bus to see the homecoming committee...

Turkey crisis risks souring military ties with US

AFP | The crisis in US-Turkish relations, which already has put Turkey's economy under massive strain, also risks souring military ties between the two NATO...

Why has Turkey’s currency fallen so sharply?

AFP | Turkey's lira has bled value against the dollar, leaving the country under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan facing its most serious economic challenge since...

Turkish lira struggles in Asia but equities see some stability

AFP | Turkey's lira remained under pressure in Asian trade Tuesday but markets in the region enjoyed a little more stability after the previous day's...

Turkish lira takes a beating

News Analysis | The Turkish currency, the lira, took a hammering on Monday as it plunged almost eight percent igniting fears that the economic crisis...

Amid soaring ties with Canada, Saudi Arabia trying to better relations with Iran

News Analysis | In a breakthrough move, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has decided to allow an Iranian official in Riyadh to administer Iranian interest in...

Turkey pledges lira action to calm markets

AFP | Turkey has vowed to take measures later Monday to calm market fears sparked by the precipitous plunge in the lira's value as its...

Reunited post-Aleppo battle, Syria medics mete out ‘hope’

AFP| Her scarred hands wrapped in gloves, Malakeh Harbaliyya lifted an infant out of an incubator at a hospital in Syria's rural north, holding him...

Caspian Sea nations sign landmark deal

AFP | The leaders of the five states bordering the resource-rich Caspian Sea signed a landmark deal Sunday on the legal status of the inland...

Yemen: Around 10,000 dead and a humanitarian crisis

AFP | The war in Yemen has since March 2015 left around 10,000 people dead, the vast majority civilians, and caused the world's worst humanitarian...

Turkey’s lira crisis: How bad can it get?

AFP | Three, four, five, six… What next? Turks have over the last half decade counted the rapid depreciation of the Turkish lira on the screens...
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