The Chinese Railway Corporation “Utszyuy” will be engaged in the rehabilitation of priority sections of the road network in Sughd Province of Tajikistan. According to the Tajik Ministry of Transport, the corporation has won the tender to select a contractor for implementation of the second phase of the Program on improvement of traffic routes ...

On March 18, Uzbekistan deployed troops and military equipment, including armored vehicles and trucks, to the unmarked area of Chalasart on the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border, closing the Madaniyat highway checkpoint on the border with Kyrgyzstan and restricting the entry of Kyrgyz citizens at the Dostuk highway checkpoint.It is not the first time Uzbekistan ...

Behzad KhoshandamPh.D. in International Relations & Expert on International IssuesFollowing the historical agreement between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his American counterpart, John Kerry, over the future of Syria in 2016 and subsequent to the adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2268, cessation of hostilities ...

Saeed DavarInternational Analystyou don’t know the Russians, you would be surprised, but if you understand the Russian spirit properly, you would know that it is a mixture of the Eastern essence and Western thought. Therefore, you have to understand why Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to checkmate everybody.Do you think that Russians would ...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has "firmly condemned" terrorist bomb explosions in the Belgian capital city of Brussels.The Iranian president offered his deepest condolences to the Belgian government and people, particularly those who lost their loved ones.Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also denounced Tuesday’...

Monday’s Radikal daily newspaper says that Turkey vetoed the participation of Israeli in the NATO summit to be held in Chicago on May 20-21. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu informed NATO colleagues about the Turkish decision at a meeting on April 19 in Brussels. Other NATO members reportedly voiced objections to the Turkish veto, saying that ...

Saturday’s Cumhuriyet daily newspaper reviews the developments which led to escalation of tensions between Ankara and Baghdad. The paper says that the attitudes of AKP government brought ties between Turkey and Iraq to the verge of break. According to Cumhuriyet, on the eve of the recent elections in Iraq AKP government attempted to shape political ...

Former Deputy Chief of the General Staff Çevik Bir told the prosecutor that he had just implemented the orders of the government, the National Security Council (MGK) and the Prime Minister, Hürriyet daily newspaper reports. Rt. Gen. Bir said that the activities of the Western Working Group were “legitimate.” He added that the documents ...

Today, the Public Chamber of the Azerbaijani opposition held a protest rally in front of the Mayoral Administration of Baku. Protesters demanded that the Azerbaijani government respected the right of the Azerbaijani citizens to freedom of assembly and released the opposition activists jailed for their participation in opposition rallies. The Azerbaijani ...

Sabah daily newspaper says that five US giants decided to make investments in Turkey as the Turkish government announced new incentives for investors. The paper says that Economy Minister Zafer Çağlayan was holding contacts in the US. He meets representatives of leading US companies to give details about the new incentives. “American businessmen ...

Syrian foreign ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi is reported by Sabah daily newspaper as saying that the Syrian authorities were working to find two missing Turkish journalists. Makdissi has rejected media reports that the journalists – Adem Özköse and Hamit Coşkun – were held by the Syrian authorities. “We don’t intend ...

Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek said Turkey’s failure to become member of the EU would not be “the end of the world.” Yesterday Çiçek held a meeting with Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen. Çiçek said he was grateful for the support given by Finland in Turkey’s EU entry bid. “The EU ...

In a press conference with Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed support for Annan’s plan in Syria, Sabah daily newspaper reports. He noted that the Syran regime continued to carry out bloodsheds, and stressed that Syrian tanks had to be pulled back to the barracks. Erdoğan noted that the Greek Cypriots ...

Istanbul prosecutor has managed to identify the Israeli officials who participated in a deadly flotilla raid on a Turkish-owned aid ship in international waters in 2010, Sabah daily newspaper says. Activists who were on Mavi Marmara ship when the raid took place have examined photos shown by the prosecutor. One of the witnesses said that Gavriel Ashkenazi,...

Today’s papers give extensive front-page coverage to storms that ripped through Turkey yesterday.Hürriyet daily newspaper reports that electric poles and trees were uprooted by the strong wind. The winds have blown off roofs and sunk fishing boats. A construction scaffold in Istanbul collapsed in the storm. Filming for ‘‘Skyfall,...

Massoud Barzani, president of the autonomous Kurdish region in Northern Iraq, comes to Turkey today. Hürriyet daily newspaper reports that during his visit Barzani was going to hold meetings with President Abdullah Gül, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu. He will meet also Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-...

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is in China for an official visit. Yesterday’s Zaman daily newspaper noted that the visit was expected to give impetus to the development of ties between Turkey and China. Zaman described the visit as “historic,” and said that this was the first visit of a Turkish Prime Minister to China in the last 27 ...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the “legitimate demands of the Syrian people must be met, right here, right now” and in what appeared to be a reference to a possible military action, stated that it would be imperative for the international community to defend Syrian people's “right to self-defense” if the UN Security Council ...

The death toll in a passenger plane crash in Siberia has grown to ۳۱. Twelve survivors are in intensive care, sources from the regional centre of the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations say. All crewmembers of the crashed ATR-۷۲ plane operated by UTair were killed in the crash outside Tyumen, sources from air traffic control services have told ...

Georgian soldiers from the ۴۲nd light infantry battalion of the ۴th Brigade run during a demonstration for the press at Vaziani training area outside Tbilisi during the Agile Spirit ۲۰۱۱ joint trainings with the U.S. Marines on July ۲۲, ۲۰۱۱. Second drills in series of annual Agile Spirit exercises were launched at Vaziani on March ۱۰, ۲۰۱۲. Photo:...