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Work on US$17 billion Iraq Development Road begins in coming months, on an overland corridor linking Iraq's Persian Gulf ...

Turkey is working to ensure that Syria's transformation over the last month will not bring new instabilities to the region, ...

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Turkey has emerged as one of the most influential power brokers in Syria after rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad last month, ...

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani arrived in Ankara to meet top officials including President Recep Tayyip ...

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For centuries the area was given life by the spring floodwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, but the marshes have been ...

Iraq and Turkey have previously signed major agreements on key issues such as security, economy, and border and water management. However, experts say those relations will be challenged going ...

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