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Baku tightens grip over Nagorno-Karabakh

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AZERBAIJAN

Recent attempts to hold talks between Karabakh Armenians and Baku authorities failed, prolonging the ongoing blockade of the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region. The Armenian…

Kosovo-Serbia crisis will undermine EU credibility

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KOSOVO/SERBIA

The West has been traditionally supportive of Kosovo, having backed the country’s independence from Serbia in 2008. However, it now blames Kosovo's prime minister, Albin Kurti…

Prospects for India to end-2023

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PROSPECTS H2 2023

Meanwhile, the country will be aiming to keep up its status as one of the fastest-growing economies. In September, Delhi’s Pragati Maidan complex will be the venue for the…

Normalising Syrian-Turkish relations faces challenges

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SYRIA/TURKEY

Turkey has dropped its insistence on regime change in Syria as it seeks to defuse a domestic crisis over Syrian refugees and to contain Kurdish aspirations. Normalisation could…

Palestinians fear expanded Israeli settlements

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ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS

Encouraged by a supportive US administration, Israel is pressing ahead with plans to expand existing Jewish settlements in the West Bank and even to regularise outposts…

US search for Syrian solution ignores Turks

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TURKEY/US

He was denying a Syrian complaint to the UN that Turkish soldiers were among about 100 fighters allowed to cross into Syria on February 13. Turkish artillery has pounded targets…

Turkey plans a short campaign against Syrian Kurds

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TURKEY/SYRIA

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had signalled strongly that an incursion against the Kurds, whom he regards as terrorists linked to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey…

West will urge parties to form Kosovo government

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KOSOVO

In the lead is the three-party PAN coalition, comprising the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and Initiative for Kosovo (Nisma), all…

Turkey-US talks over Syrian ‘safe zone’ will drag on

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SYRIA/TURKEY

The plans are currently the subject of intensive discussions with the United States. For Erdogan, the safe zone is seen as key to boosting his flagging domestic popularity and…

Ankara hopes its Syrian invasion may now go ahead

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TURKEY

Turkish objectives in Syria.