Middle East

Armenia Talks Strain Turkey's Ties With Azerbaijan

Perceived cooling in relationship between Ankara and Baku may have ramifications for the latter’s energy strategy.

27 Apr 09

Prime minister’s party and independents hope to unseat dominant Shia party.

27 Apr 09

IWPR radio programme provides coverage of provincial elections.

27 Apr 09

Photographs by Jamal Penjweny, September 2008.

22 Apr 09

Shia adoption of Iranian-style unions seen by Sunni as attack on Afghan culture.

20 Apr 09

Government gives no reason why teaching staff are being summarily dispatched to work as paper-pushers in distant locations.

20 Apr 09

If Ankara is serious about putting relations with Yerevan onto a new footing, it will reopen the border crossings it closed in 1993.

17 Apr 09

Leading rights activist says decision to outlaw his organisation “entirely political”.

16 Apr 09

Closely-related couples in Syria are choosing to marry even when blood tests detect genetic conditions.

16 Apr 09

Programme unusual for a country where prison system is not noted for leniency.

11 Apr 09

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