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1 – 9 of 9Turkey's attempts to expand its military role in both Iraq and Syria are entangled with major shifts in its relations with the United States and Russia, and in its overall…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB214345
ISSN: 2633-304X
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IRAQ: Pressure for US coalition withdrawal will rise
The request comes after extremists affiliated with Islamic State group (ISG) beheaded 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya on February 15. The slayings raise new fears of ISG expansion…
The demonstrations follow armed clashes in mid-February, when Hadi’s 'Protection Brigade' (commanded by his son) attempted to take over Aden airport from a ‘Security Belt’ force…
This follows a controversy after leaked comments from security sources that the operation was “over”. Fighting continues on the ground, principally small-scale skirmishes and…
Iranian networks in Syria.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250231
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…
Although Riyadh’s control of internal security is strong, it is facing a time of change, with an untried interior minister, bureaucratic reorganisation in the counter-terrorism…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB224759
ISSN: 2633-304X
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As the salafi-jihadist group loses its territorial ‘caliphate’ in Syria and Iraq, it is redeploying fighters and funds