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Sultan of Oman signs key agreements with Spain
10 November 2025
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Gulf and Red Sea Regions
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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Russia says that agreement has been reached on the status of the Caspian Sea after 20 years of negotiations
6 December 2017
The Foreign Ministers of the Caspian Sea Littoral states have concluded their meeting in Moscow. The Russian Foreign Minister said agreement has been reached on the details of a convention and that the matter will be referred to the next meeting fo the Heads of State for their approval.
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Analysis: Iran's external ambitions are rooted in its geography and history
17 November 2017
Geography is a key to understanding the Iranian grand strategy and its ambitions. Its strategic outlook is very much rooted in the country's ancient and medieval history writes Emil Avdaliani
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Sargsyan meets Modi in New Delhi
4 November 2017
President Sargsyan said Armenia is ready to offer favorable conditions for Indian companies and drew the attention of the Indian side to the free economic zone, being established in Meghri on the border with Iran, which can become an effective platform for cooperation.
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Russia-Iran-Azerbaijan summit puts emphasis on concrete co-operation
2 November 2017
During the trilateral Summit, the presidents focused on continued cooperation to finalise railway and road infrastructure work within the framework of the North-South Transport Corridor
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Aliyev meets Putin in Tehran ahead of regional summit
2 November 2017
A trilateral meeting between the Presidents of Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan will take place in the Iranian capital later today. Putin and Aliyev also held separate meetings with the Iranian leadership
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Analysis: Kurdish region in turmoil
31 October 2017
There is uncertainty in Iraq's Kurdish Region after President Barzani's independence gamble misfires. Dr Benyamin Poghosyan reviews the events of the last weeks, and their likely consequences, in this analysis for commonspace.eu
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Trump moves against Iran nuclear deal
14 October 2017
The US President said he was referring the deal to Congress and would consult allies on how to alter the deal.
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Opinion: A new crisis in US-Iran relations is unwelcome in the South Caucasus
10 October 2017
President Trump's decertification of the Iran deal will put in jeopardy a number of regional projects, says Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed
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Opinion: Iran's "grand strategy" in the South Caucasus goes back centuries
20 September 2017
The lifting of sanctions enable Iran to resume its historical quest for influence in the South Caucasus. But with Russia and Turkley well-entrenched in the region, and with increasing EU engagement the task will not be easy for the Iranians argues Emil Avdaliani in this op-ed