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1 – 10 of 27While 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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Militias loyal to the STC launched ‘Eastern Arrow’ to clear AQAP and associated terrorists from Abyan and Shabwah. The fighting has been intense. The STC also appears to be using…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272838
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The chances of reviving the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA, nuclear deal) are slim. Western governments hope that an agreement will reduce regional tensions. Arab…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273064
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While donors increasingly favour development assistance, Jordan still requires emergency humanitarian aid for the near-3 million resident refugees and migrants. Amman worries that…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274264
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The statement coincided with direct talks in the capital, Sana’a, on April 8-13, between Saudi Arabia and the Shia rebel Huthi movement which controls much of the north. Such…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278561
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Both sides -- the internationally recognised Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) and the Huthi -- appear ready to give Grundberg a little more time to secure a new agreement…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273367
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The fighting started on January 28, when the secessionist Southern Transitional Council (STC) acted on its threat to topple the Saudi-backed government, taking control of most of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB229514
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The separatists appear to have captured most of Aden. UAE officials say they will still provide assistance to their local partners, after the early July announcement that the UAE…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB245736
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Iran's armed forces have suffered a number of high-profile casualties in Syria and Iraq in recent weeks. General Mohammad Ali Allah-Dadi was killed in an Israeli airstrike inside…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB197626
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Prospects for Iran in 2016.