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Bio won with 56.2% of the vote, just above the 55% threshold required to win in the first round. The SLPP won 81 of the 135 directly elected parliamentary seats. However…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280346
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This follows local elections last month in which a landslide victory for opposition candidates expressed, more than anything, a public vote of no confidence in Lam.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB249482
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Syria's beleaguered mainstream rebel movement suffered numerous territorial losses in 2014 at the hands of Islamic State group (ISG) and the regime. Partly in response to these…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB197651
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Some 80% of the city, which was the de facto capital of Islamic State (IS) until its capture by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), was ruined in fighting and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB239205
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President Bashar al-Assad's two principal foreign backers, Russia and Iran, support and to some extent direct sizeable forces in Syria on which Assad relies. That contributes to a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265106
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB224468
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Yoon won the March 9 presidential election by a tiny margin and was sworn in on May 10. He is a career prosecutor who has never held political office before. His skills and vision…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB270523
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Prospects for Syria in 2018.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225810
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Kurdish-Arab tensions in north-east Syria
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB245824
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Prospects for South-east Asia in 2017.