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EU moves will not stop Turkey prospecting off Cyprus

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EU/TURKEY/CYPRUS

Mitsotakis has chosen Cyprus for his first trip abroad two weeks after the EU announced sanctions against Turkey over prospecting operations in disputed parts of the seabed off…

Islamic State will face obstacles to Afghan relocation

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AFGHANISTAN

The Islamic State group's ambitions in Afghanistan.

Turkish suspicion may derail Syrian Kurds’ unity deal

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SYRIA

The PYD controls the US-backed Kurdish-led administration in north-east Syria. It was the target of an October 2019 invasion by Turkey, which equates it with its own rebel…

Turkey’s new cabinet will prioritise stability

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TURKEY

The much anticipated appointments of new ministers of finance, foreign affairs and interior -- replacing incumbents that in various ways no longer serve the president's interests…

Intra-communal divisions will plague post-IS Iraq

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IRAQ

However, the successful fight against IS has not forged a new sense of unity among Iraq’s communities; instead, it has solidified some divides and created conditions for future…

Syrian Kurds face a possible loss of autonomy

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SYRIA

After the outbreak of civil war in 2011 and the rise of Islamic State (IS), the US-backed SDF managed to establish an autonomous administration in northeast Syria. However, it…

US search for Syrian solution ignores Turks

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TURKEY/US

He was denying a Syrian complaint to the UN that Turkish soldiers were among about 100 fighters allowed to cross into Syria on February 13. Turkish artillery has pounded targets…

Damascus can choose to deal with Ankara or the Kurds

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SYRIA

Washington supported the SDF to fight Islamic State (IS) in Syria. Now that it is largely defeated, there are questions over the superpower’s commitment. The United States has…

Turkey plans a short campaign against Syrian Kurds

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TURKEY/SYRIA

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had signalled strongly that an incursion against the Kurds, whom he regards as terrorists linked to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey…

Security and demography will boost Israel-Russia ties

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ISRAEL

This followed the Trump-Putin Helsinki summit at which the two leaders discussed Israel’s concerns over the threat from Iran, as the Syrian government regains control over its…