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Publication date: 19 April 2016

The Turkish government's crackdown on internal dissent, and its opposition to Kurdish groups at home and abroad have placed its NATO ally, the United States, in an awkward…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 4 March 2016

Islamic State group's following in Central Asia.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 16 February 2024

The region’s Armenian majority population has fled; displaced Azerbaijanis have returned to Karabakh and formerly occupied surrounding districts. Russia refused to support its…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 4 November 2020

The move reflects Turkey's failure to contain advances by the Moscow-backed Damascus government. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has engaged in multiple military adventures in the…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 1 April 2020

From US contractors in Iraq and Russian mercenary groups in Syria, to Gulf states’ ‘foreign legions’ in Yemen and multiple Iranian proxy militias, national armies no longer…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 5 October 2015

Russia's significant recent reinforcement of the Assad regime with the deployment of combat aircraft around Lattakia.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 15 September 2017

The last major rebel-held area in Syria, Idlib province is under the military control of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a salafi-jihadist rebel alliance. Jaysh al-Ahrar, the largest…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 18 January 2017

Ankara’s policy towards Iraqi and Syrian Turkmen.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 3 December 2015

While intensified air attacks will help weaken and contain ISG, they will not destroy it unless accompanied by a substantial ground force to defeat ISG on the ground. However, the…

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