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The rugged Wakhan Corridor of Badakhshan province in northern Afghanistan. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, Syria, World

China’s latest move in the graveyard of empires

by Pepe Escobar February 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Israeli F-16s perform an exhibition exercise during an Independence Day show on April 06, 2014, in Netanya, Israel. Photo: iStock

Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Air strikes in Sinai underscore Israel’s tightening alliance with Arab states

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim February 5, 2018

Combat weapons, US dollars and ammunition scattered on a sackcloth. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Egypt, Middle East, South Asia, World

As ISIS fighters return, Central Asia braces for attacks

by Tatiana Kanunnikova February 4, 2018

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor aims to strengthen China's strategic and economic ties in South Asia and help Pakistan reduce its dependency on the US and its allies in the West.Image: Wikimedia Commons

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, France, Germany, India, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

US-Pakistan relations: A troubling scenario for South Asia

by Rahim Nasar February 4, 2018

US Army soldiers take a defensive position in the desert, ready for any trouble that comes their way. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

Mapping a world from hell: 76 countries now involved in US ‘war on terror’

by Tom Engelhardt January 9, 2018January 9, 2018

Armed police patrol busy public areas around Westminster as security is stepped up ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations in London on December 31, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Eddie Keogh

AT Finance, Australia, European Union, France, Iraq, Middle East, Oceania, South Asia, Syria, World

ISIS returnees will bring new risks in 2018

by Tatiana Kanunnikova January 2, 2018January 2, 2018

Women walk near the site of the Taliban's destruction of the Bamyan Buddhas. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, South Asia, World

Religious intolerance in Asia: victimizing ‘the other’

by Sunil Kukreja January 1, 2018

(L to R) Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif, Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attend a joint news conference after the 1st China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue in Beijing, China, December 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Jason Lee

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, India, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

China says CPEC extention to Afghanistan not directed at India

by Asia Times staff December 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Afghan security forces keep watch at a check point close to the compound of Afghanistan's national intelligence agency in Kabul, Afghanistan. December 25, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Omar Sobhani

Afghanistan, China, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

ISIS numbers growing fast near China’s New Silk Road, says Russia

by Asia Times staff December 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Seismic upheavals in the Middle East

by Norman A. Bailey December 6, 2017

Egyptians carry victims on stretchers after a gun and bombing attack at the Rawda mosque near the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish on November 24, 2017. Photo: AFP

Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Syria, World

Militants kill hundreds at Sinai mosque in Egypt’s deadliest attack

by Asia Times and Reuters November 25, 2017February 18, 2020

US Air Force plane from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Cambodia, European Union, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, World

On the rehabilitation of George W Bush

by Rebecca Gordon November 23, 2017November 23, 2017

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Photo: AFP

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria

Iran declares ‘end of ISIS’ after territory retaken in Syria

by Reuters November 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

A wary return to ‘liberated’ Raqqa

by Yassin al-Haj Saleh November 19, 2017

Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Russia, Turkey, Iran meeting to discuss Syria strategy

by M.K. Bhadrakumar November 17, 2017February 18, 2020

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Through night vision goggles, Afghan conflict becoming a proxy war

by M.K. Bhadrakumar November 16, 2017February 18, 2020

AT Finance, European Union, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Ending impunity for conflict-related sexual violence

by Hakimi Abdul Jabar November 16, 2017November 16, 2017

A close-up photograph of Afghanistan from a desktop globe. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

UN secretary general speaks out on Afghanistan

by Javier Delgado Rivera November 1, 2017

A U.S. special forces soldier demonstrates how to detain a suspect during Flintlock 2014, a U.S.-led international training mission for African militaries, in Diffa, Niger, on March 4, 2014. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, China, Germany, Vietnam, World

Washington’s African pivot in the ‘war on terror’

by Andrew Brennan November 1, 2017November 1, 2017

Damaged houses and buildings are seen after government troops cleared the area from pro-Islamic State militant groups inside the war-torn area in Saduc proper, Marawi city, southern Philippines October 22, 2017. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

AT Finance, Malaysia, Philippines, South Asia

Firefight in Philippines’ Marawi City siege down to last building

by Roli Ng October 22, 2017February 18, 2020

This file photo shows US General David Petraeus when he was commander of the international security assistance force and commander of US Forces in Afghanistan, testifying at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the situation in Afghanistan in 2011. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, AT Finance, European Union, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Vietnam, World

‘Tell me how this ends?’ Petraeus finally answers his own question

by Tom Engelhardt October 19, 2017October 19, 2017

Iraqi special forces take part in an operation against Islamic State militants in Kokjali, west of Mosul, Iraq November 2, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudaini

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, World

Iraq moves on Kirkuk, widening crack in anti-ISIS coalition

by Asia Unhedged October 16, 2017February 18, 2020

Graffiti is seen on the shutters of a closed shop as government troops continue their assault against Islamic State-backed insurgents from the Maute group in Marawi city, Philippines, on June 29, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Jorge Silva

China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

How to measure geopolitical capability in the age of ISIS

by Tatiana Kanunnikova October 16, 2017

Representational image: Flickr Commons

Afghanistan, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

The moment of truth is coming for Trump’s Iran strategy

by M.K. Bhadrakumar October 16, 2017

A boy rides a bicycle sporting the flag of Kurdistan in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq, on September 24, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Thaier Al-Sudani

Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

‘Free Kurdistan’ inevitable, and war may be unavoidable

by Bilal Khan September 29, 2017

Father Tom Uzhunnalil. Photo: Economic Times

India, Middle East, South Asia

Priest held by militants in Yemen returns to India

by Asia Times staff September 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority have been fleeing persecution in the Southeast Asian country's Rakhine state. Photo: NDTV

AT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand

No refuge in Sri Lanka for Myanmar’s fleeing Rohingya

by Munza Mushtaq September 26, 2017February 18, 2020

A boy rides a bicycle with the flag of Kurdistan in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq on Sept. 24, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

The inconvenient Kurds

by Spengler September 25, 2017

Still from Mainichi footage in Iran.

Afghanistan, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Syria

Japan newspaper releases video showing Iran dispatching Afghan refugees to battlefields in Syria

by Asia Unhedged September 20, 2017February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Photo: Reuters / Sergei Karpukhin

AT Finance, China, European Union, Germany, Iran, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Geopolitics drives Turkey’s acquisition of Russian missile defense

by Emanuele Scimia September 15, 2017