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Sultan of Oman signs key agreements with Spain
10 November 2025
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Stories under this heading cover the Gulf and the Red Sea regions, including the Arabian Peninsula, Iran and the countries bordering the Red Sea.
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UN Secretary-General calls for end to war in Sudan that is ‘spiralling out of control’
6 November 2025
The United Nations Secretary-General has warned that the war in Sudan is “spiralling out of control” after a paramilitary force seized the besieged and famine-stricken Darfur city of el-Fasher. Speaking in Qatar during the opening of the World Summit for Social Development on 4th November, Antonio Guterres called for an immediate ceasefire in the two-year conflict that has become one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
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Turkey shifts to higher gas imports from Azerbaijan and Qatar
24 August 2020
Turkey's natural gas imports in the January-June period of this year dropped by 3.5 percent to 22.5 billion cubic meters (bcm). Out of this amount, Turkey imported 12.1 bcm via pipeline and 10.3 bcm as liquefied natural gas (LNG).
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Opinion: China and Iran eye 25 year strategic deal
12 August 2020
The agreement may change the power balance in the wider Middle East and can also increase Chinese interests in Armenia, argues Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed for commonspace.eu
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Opinion: Turkey and Egypt eye each other across the Libyan desert
5 July 2020
Egypt is now the second country after Turkey to consider military operations in Libya. In this op-ed, Noman Ahmed discusses the reasons, and the implications for the Europe's neighbourhood
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Busting fake news. Know your facts!
9 April 2020
As the world tackles COVID-19 William Murray unwraps some of the false advice that is going around
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Opinion: In Iran, precarious situation does not mean state-collapse soon
26 February 2020
Benyamin Poghosyan assess parliamentary elections in Iran held amid a coronavirus crisis and constant pressure from the US
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Monday Commentary: Coronavirus at the gate!
24 February 2020
With Coronavirus spreading fast in Iran, in the South Caucasus there is a need for efficient, transparent and professional action on the part of governments, and a calm and co-operative response from their citizens, argues Dennis Sammut in this week's commentary.
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Iran celebrates 41st anniversary of Islamic Revolution
11 February 2020
Activities are being held in 5200 locations across the country to mark the anniversary of the 1979 revolution and the subsequent establishment of the Islamic Republic by the late Ayattolah Khomeini
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EU willing to deepen bilateral co-operation with Iran
5 February 2020
During his visit to Tehran High Representative Josep Borrell underlined his determination to carry forward the EU's efforts to contribute to de-escalation and pursue stability in the wider region
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EU foreign policy chief to visit Iran Monday
2 February 2020
Following in the footsteps of his two predecessors, Catherine Ashton and Federica Morgherni, Borrell is engaging personally and fully with the "Iran nuclear file", and the visit is seen as an attempt by the EU to save the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.