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1 – 10 of 37Russia is encouraging a rapprochement between Turkey and Syria that does not explicitly include Iran, a key economic and military backer of the Damascus government. Tehran worries…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275797
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Prospects for the Middle East in 2023.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274197
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The meeting would be the two leaders' first in eleven years, as the culmination of a meeting of their defence ministers and intelligence chiefs in Moscow in late December and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275592
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The growing power of the Russian navy in the Black Sea region.
They have backed opposing sides in the Syrian and Libyan conflicts and pursued different objectives there and in Nagorno-Karabakh, in the hope that conflict trends would benefit…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258615
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The Russian air campaign has mostly targeted rebels fighting against the Syrian regime rather than Islamic State group (ISG), a significant setback for President Barack Obama's…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB205967
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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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Peskov's comment reflects caution over Trump's domestic difficulties and evolving position on Russia. Russian officials and foreign policy experts harboured limited expectations…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB218349
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Russia is primarily attacking the Syrian opposition, forcing rebel groups to rely more heavily on Syrian al-Qaida-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra (JN) for military support. Meanwhile…
The emergence of private militaries.