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Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi (L) and Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan (R) in Astana during an official state visit in July 2018 /AFP

April 4th, 2019 - 10:53 GMT

Oil and Infrastructure: How The UAE is Looking East to Invest in Central Asia, Isolate Iran and Inadvertently Augment China’s Belt and Road

Behind the scenes, and for the most part outside of the headlines, a competitive rivalry is taking place in Central Asia.

Smoke and flames rise from buildings following a reported government strike on a rebel-held area in Syria's southern city of Daraa late on July 3, 2017. (AFP)

July 9th, 2017 - 03:00 GMT

Calm Prevails in South-Western Syria in the Leadup to Ceasefire Brokered by US and Russia

Staffan de Mistura, the United Nations Envoy to Syria during the talks in Astana, Kazakhstan, January 2017 (Wikimedia Commons)

July 4th, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

Fifth Round of Syria Peace Talks Begins in Astana Amid Doubts Over Regime Ceasefire

An old Syrian bank note (Wikimedia Commons)

July 3rd, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

Power Pays: Bashar al-Assad Appears on New Syrian Money

Smoke rises from buildings in the area of Tal Sharba following government air strikes on the outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on December 27, 2015. (AFP)

July 2nd, 2017 - 12:00 GMT

Syrian Regime launches Assaults on 'De-escalation Zones'

A Syrian Sukhoi Su-22 figther drops a bomb on the rebel-held area of Damascus' Jobar district on June 30, 2017. (Amer Almohibany/AFP)

July 1st, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

Over 5,000 Civilians Killed in Syria This Year, Rights Group Claims

A Syrian government forces fighter walking under Islamic State (IS) group graffiti in a house in Deir Hafer on the eastern outskirts of Aleppo on March 30, 2017, after they took control of the village. (George Ourfalian/AFP)

July 1st, 2017 - 01:00 GMT

Daesh Completely Withdraws from Aleppo Amid Growing Losses

Syrian refugees walk on their way back to the Syrian city of Jarabulus. (AFP/Bülent Kiliç)

July 1st, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

2017 Saw About Half a Million Syrians Return Home

They will also plan regulations on the release of detainees and prisoners, and the search for missing people. (AFP)

June 29th, 2017 - 01:00 GMT

Turkey, Russia and Iran to Meet in Astana, De-escalation Zones Will Top Agenda

A Syrian boy looks at rebel fighters from the Jaish al-Fatah (or Army of Conquest) brigades marching through the northwestern city of Idlib in March 2017. (AFP)

June 23rd, 2017 - 10:00 GMT

Turkey, Russia, Iran to Deploy Forces in Syria

Rebel fighters dig and fill sandbags for barricades behind a sniper curtain to protect them from government forces in the southern Syrian city of Daraa. (AFP)

June 16th, 2017 - 03:00 GMT

Syria: Aid Delivery to De-escalation Zones not Guaranteed

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrive for a joint press conference with the Russian and Iranian presidents at the Kremlin in Moscow, March 28, 2017. (AFP/ Sergei Karpukhin)

June 9th, 2017 - 04:00 GMT

Russia, Iran discuss Gulf Crisis in Spontaneous Meeting

Two US Air Force F-15 jets fly over northern Iraq after conducting airstrikes in Syria on September 23, 2014. (AFP)

June 9th, 2017 - 01:00 GMT

Pro-Assad Drone Shot Down by Coalition Forces