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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253541
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Turkey has brokered an agreement between Russia and Ukraine for resuming grain shipments through the Black Sea which, if it sticks, will be a substantial diplomatic win for Ankara…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271809
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Turkey’s confrontation with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is a key driver of regional and to some extent international policy. Erdogan’s comfortable victory in the May 2023…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285684
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In September, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi visited Qatar for the first since 2014. Egypt is trying to improve relations with Qatar and expand its regional influence…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274932
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The arrest and conviction of Jalali, a medical doctor and researcher, raised accusations from Western states that Tehran detains foreign nationals as 'hostages' to apply political…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB270833
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This comes as the US Congress is finalising a bill, the Caesar Act, that would substantially increase the sanctions pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government. As…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB242464
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Relations between Riyadh and Tehran have long been characterised by political tension, and episodes of proxy military confrontation. Ties reached their nadir in 2016 when…