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Violence may evolve but not end in Russia's Chechnya

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RUSSIA

Kadyrov said he helped plan the operation in which Byutukayev and his five remaining followers died. It may be premature to declare an end to violence: attacks on security forces…

US-Iraq campaign against ISG will strain ties

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US/IRAQ

The day prior, President Barack Obama met with his military and civilian leaders at the Pentagon and offered an upbeat assessment to the media regarding progress to date, despite…

Lebanon will bargain for more Syrian refugee returns

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LEBANON/SYRIA

The country’s economic crisis and the Christian community's demographic fears have increased anti-refugee sentiment, which politicians weaponised around the May 2022 elections. In…

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…

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…

Normalising Syrian-Turkish relations faces challenges

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SYRIA/TURKEY

Turkey has dropped its insistence on regime change in Syria as it seeks to defuse a domestic crisis over Syrian refugees and to contain Kurdish aspirations. Normalisation could…

Erdogan’s new term brings more of the same in Turkey

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TURKEY

The presidential and parliamentary elections held this month will define Turkey’s trajectory over the next five years and possibly even longer.

Iraqi Kurdish strategies will wait on Turkish election

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IRAQ

Months of tensions between their respective parties have paralysed the region’s cabinet and also played into a crisis with Turkey. Talabani in late April sought to communicate…

Islamic State probes Afghan Taliban's weak points

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AFGHANISTAN

IS-K says it was also behind a December 26 car bomb that killed the police chief of the north-eastern Badakhshan region. Other IS-K attacks in recent months have targeted the Shia…

Turkish presidential race will be tight

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TURKEY

Kilicdaroglu outpolls President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He could win Turkey’s top executive office, ending the governing Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) long spell in power.