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IRAQ/SYRIA: Border developments may harm US interests
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES281618
ISSN: 2633-304X
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IRAQ/SYRIA: Conflicts leave spaces for Islamic State
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES236041
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Iraq and Syria -- neighbours with many economic, political and social connections -- have both been subject to years of destructive armed conflict. They are now looking to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB236095
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Enabled in part by responses to the pandemic, 2020 saw a temporary surge in IS assaults across rural areas of Iraq and Syria. Attacks have also again become more coordinated and…
IRAQ/SYRIA: Water shortages will boost food insecurity
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES264841
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Zamili's remarks appear to signal Iraqi government concerns that the US-led international air campaign against the group is not going well. The effectiveness of airstrikes has…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB205851
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The pro-Iranian Badr Organisation is one of the larger PMUs -- groups of mostly Shia armed volunteers established in 2014 to help the army fight IS. They launched a new offensive…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB221071
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IRAQ/SYRIA: Security and economic needs to drive ties