IWPR
Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Asso is an independent general political daily issued by Khandan Institution in Baghdad.
London-based Asharq al-Awsat is a pro-Saudi paper, issued daily.
The Turkmen president’s blanket ban on drafting in public-sector workers to help with the cotton harvest will have far-reaching effects on attempts to fulfil a production target that already looks beyond reach.
Getting out of Turkmenistan is becoming more difficult as the security agencies widen their net and bar more people from leaving the country.