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1 – 10 of 14Russia maintains a delicate balance in the Middle East, preserving a close relationship with Shia-majority Iran and a security presence in neighbouring Syria while seeking…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286793
ISSN: 2633-304X
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While tensions across the region have risen sharply, Gulf and Iranian officials have engaged in regular and high-level dialogue that has so far prevented a wider conflagration…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286252
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This comes amid a recent rise in Israeli military operations in Syria as part of efforts to prevent Iranian military entrenchment and supply of weapons to sympathetic groups.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB241805
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Saudi-Emirati strategic partnership.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB236005
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The strikes came after Huthi fighters claimed to have downed a Saudi Tornado jet with an advanced missile. Riyadh admitted “collateral damage” from its mission to rescue the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250727
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The accord threatens to deepen the longest crisis in US-Israeli relations. Ongoing political strife, strategic differences and potential clashes over implementation and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB201193
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Turkish objectives in Syria.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB241322
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This came after pro-Damascus troops yesterday attacked the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-backed, Kurdish-led outfit that has taken much of the territory east of the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB229642
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Ties have been difficult since Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri reversed his Saudi-inspired resignation on November 4, despite his insistence that it was on the basis that all…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB227588
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European-backed negotiations in Vienna to bring the United States and Iran back into compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal have changed the…