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Islamic State's Central Asian growth stalled for now

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CENTRAL ASIA

Thousands of Central Asians travelled to Syria and Iraq to fight for IS and other Islamist groups in 2014 and some are returning home. Despite attacks in Central Asia attributable…

Saudi-Iraqi rapprochement will proceed gradually

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IRAQ/SAUDI ARABIA

Last month, Saudi Arabia pledged to link Iraq up to its national grid to help address electricity shortfalls. Indeed, after years of frozen ties, Saudi Arabia has recently stepped…

Turkey-Europe economic and business ties will weaken

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TURKEY

That represented a 1.9-percentage-point (pp) rise in import share and a 0.4-pp fall in export share. Turkey's economic and commercial ties with Europe (EU and non-EU) are strong…

Coronavirus is set to hit Mideast conflict states hard

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MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST: Coronavirus is set to hit conflict states

Iraqi efforts to curb Iran energy dependence will fail

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IRAQ/IRAN

Failures of Iranian gas and electricity supplies have combined with attacks on pylons and a heatwave to cause severe power cuts in Iraq this summer. In the longer term, Tehran’s…

Turkey will seek major Iraqi concessions on security

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IRAQ/TURKEY

IRAQ/TURKEY: Ankara will seek security concessions

Iraq’s Barzani will outface criticism on Turkey ties

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IRAQ/TURKEY

IRAQ/TURKEY: Barzani will outface criticism on ties

Iraq’s new premier-designate will make pragmatic deals

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IRAQ

IRAQ: New premier-designate will make pragmatic deals

Warring Iraqi Kurdish leaders will shun open conflict

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IRAQ

IRAQ: Warring Kurdish leaders will shun open conflict

Border reopening will bolster Syria’s normalisation

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SYRIA

SYRIA: Border reopening will bolster normalisation