2019-11-15
Ever since Russian troops began expanding their territorial occupation of Syria, they have been met with fierce and angry resistance from locals.
2019-11-08
A million people, mostly of Muslim ethnic minorities, are estimated to be held in Xinjiang internment camps that authorities have called 'vocational education centres.
2019-10-01
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and the United States agreed to strengthen security and economic co-operation.
2019-09-20
A Russian-led military campaign has caused a situation that some describe as the 'century's worst humanitarian crisis'.
2019-08-14
The two Central Asian nations are strengthening co-operation in areas including regional security, demonstrating their ambition to develop without the interference of neighbouring powers.
2019-07-23
The upcoming meeting could lead to a breakthrough in resolving a long-standing Tajik-Kyrgyz border dispute.
2019-07-11
Turkmenistan hopes to route electricity and natural gas through Afghanistan to promising markets in South Asia, but peace and stability must be established first.
2019-07-01
The enormous pressure that Russia and China exert on Ashgabat has prompted many Turkmens to welcome the growing influence of the United States in the country.
2019-06-07
Previous assumptions about the interests of Russia and China in the region -- a kind of gentleman's agreement in which Moscow protects while Beijing invests -- are being overturned.
2019-06-06
The Uzbek province on the Afghan border has been a focal point in recent years for co-operation in the education, trade and investment sectors.