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1 – 10 of 17The Gaza conflict has led to a resurgence of attacks by Iran-backed armed groups on US forces, breaking the earlier unofficial truce. Some of those attacks have targeted bases in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283818
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The demonstrations were triggered by Assad’s mid-August announcement of big fuel price increases, only partly mitigated by rises in salaries and pensions. However, they have been…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281840
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Russia is encouraging a rapprochement between Turkey and Syria that does not explicitly include Iran, a key economic and military backer of the Damascus government. Tehran worries…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275797
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Prospects for Syria in 2020.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB247564
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SYRIA: Periodic government-Kurdish clashes are likely
The Syrian army and its allies have driven IS out of most of the region from Homs to the edge of the Euphrates valley, recapturing several gas fields. This has yielded a marginal…
Prospects for Syria to end-2018.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB235278
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US/SYRIA: Trump’s policy threatens radical incoherence
This depreciation reflects the underlying weakness of the government’s financial position. Political and territorial advances in favour of President Bashar al-Assad -- most…
TURKEY/US/SYRIA: Compromise on Kurds will be tough