With the Arabs essentially taken out of this great game, it now comes down to an ancient animus: the Turkish Sunni Muslims versus the Persian Shiite Muslims for control over this region.

Turkey imports gas via pipelines from Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran. Last year, Turkmenistan signed a contract with Iran for 10 billion cubic meters (353 billion cubic feet) of natural gas to be shipped ...

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — Turkmenistan has struck a deal to ship natural gas to Turkey ... Iran for 10 billion cubic meters (353 billion cubic feet) of natural gas to be shipped on to Iraq.

The transitional process will be fraught with challenges, but the Syrian people deserve a peaceful, stable and prosperous ...