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The ‘exploratory’ meeting is the first between the NATO partners since 2016. It follows months of sabre-rattling in the Eastern Mediterranean, and takes place against the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259174
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The conflict has created tensions between the UAE’s leaders and Arab public opinion. Over the longer term, the country’s assertive foreign policy has also drawn criticism from its…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282679
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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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The GNU has a limited mandate of ten months before it oversees elections on December 24. It will first need to organise a referendum on the controversial constitution draft of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259430
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Tensions have risen since Syrian government shelling killed seven Turkish soldiers and a civilian contractor in north-western Syria on February 3. Although President Recep Tayyip…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250577
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Russia's significant recent reinforcement of the Assad regime with the deployment of combat aircraft around Lattakia.
The timing is broadly in line with the terms of the September 17 Sochi agreement between Russian and Turkish Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which averted a…
Idlib is the location of a nominal de-escalation zone brokered by Russia and Turkey last September. Those countries, along with Iran, held a summit in the Kazakh capital…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB243977
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s agreement in Ankara to work together has reduced the possibility of a clash between Turkish and US…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB229847
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Government forces have struggled to make headway in their offensive against the final rebel stronghold in the north-west. That campaign enjoys significant Russian support…