Lizzie Porter

Energy exploration part of Ankara's growing influence in East Africa

The deal that ended three decades of conflict in the Caucasus promises good times for the mineral-rich exclave of Nakhchivan - previously cut off from the world but soon to benefit from an ambitious project bearing the US President's name

Syrian army soldiers immediately replace American forces at military site on border with Jordan and Iraq

US Secretary of State says logistics are still being worked out after venue shift from Turkey

US-Iran talks set for this week fail to calm fears of new war 

A US military 'armada' has sailed to the region as Iran's supreme leader warns of a wider war, but can talks ease tensions?

Regional mediators have been invited to observe meeting

US places on sanctions on Iranian officials as Ankara seeks to avert regional war

South Caucasus nation fears being trapped between 'two world wars', senior official tells The National

Syrian Democratic Forces' withdrawal marks a turning point in Ankara's push for PKK dissolution

Despite discontent with Islamic Republic rule, Iranians see few clear alternatives

Many Iranians want an end to clerical rule, but are divided about whether US intervention would help

The National visits Kapikoy border crossing, where civilians tell of anger and fear over handling of protests

Family say security forces in western Iran shot 17 year old, then withheld his body

Demonstrations 'much smaller' since Tuesday night, says observer