Tempers Flare Between Kurds and Turkomans
As newly empowered Kurds seek autonomy, members of the Turkoman minority in the north grow irritable.
As newly empowered Kurds seek autonomy, members of the Turkoman minority in the north grow irritable.
As Iraq’s medical system falters, many people are turning back to older healing methods.
Iraqi Kurds' isolation will be at an end with the reconstruction of long-derelict airport.
Rallies provoke fears of unrest in the ethnically-mixed city of Kirkuk.
Washington and Tehran vie over distribution of Kazakstan's vast energy reserves
Uzbek analysts warn extension of Karimov presidency could derail the democratisation process.
Washington seeks better relations with Kazakstan in order to further its economic and military interests in the region.
Bishkek politicians fume over officials' collusion with dodgy Turkish businessmen
Russia sends former interior minister back to uncertain fate in Tajikistan.