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Tehran's regional ties have been strained by its support for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Shia militias in Iraq, and sectarian groups in the Gulf. The…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB201344
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Russia's significant recent reinforcement of the Assad regime with the deployment of combat aircraft around Lattakia.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) are now searching intensively for new tunnels on the Israeli side of the border, while Israel's leadership is warning Hamas of consequences if the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB208446
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Doha has avoided condemning Hamas’s actions, instead blaming Israel for the escalation in Gaza, while Erdogan dubs Hamas a “liberation group”. Unsurprisingly, the United States is…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283763
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Since the start of Russian airstrikes last September, the rebels have suffered their largest territorial loss to the regime in two years. The new counter-insurgent strategy…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB207350
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Relations between the Gulf states and Turkey.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB218413
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Since the sudden end of the three-and-a-half-year ‘Quartet’ boycott in January, Doha has stepped up efforts to normalise relations with formerly hostile Arab countries. It is also…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260087
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UAE military engagement abroad since the 1990s has earned it the nickname ‘Little Sparta’. Its activities included a lengthy mission alongside NATO forces in Afghanistan and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264355
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This visit is the first by a Turkish foreign minister in eleven years, and a substantive step towards re-setting relations between the two countries. These were downgraded after…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB277996
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Relations between the two NATO allies have been strained because Washington supports Kurdish groups in Syria in its fight against Islamic State (IS), while Ankara regards Kurdish…