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1 – 10 of 20The first such visit since 2011 comes days after a Syrian foreign ministerial trip to Saudi Arabia, amid a wider thawing of ties. Riyadh had formerly been the most powerful of the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278481
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In fact, ten years after that conflict started, with President Bashar al-Assad still in control of two-thirds of the country, no foreign state shows any sign of making a major…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259923
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IRAQ: Kuwaiti reconstruction conference may disappoint
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES229719
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PALESTINIANS: Hamas may respond to Gaza aid delays
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES266008
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SYRIA: ‘Normalisation’ faces major challenges
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES236715
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SYRIA/SAUDI ARABIA: Aid pledge aims at Washington
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES236904
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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
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB244213
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The damage to the port impairs one of the main supply routes for goods into and across Syria, and the aggravation of Lebanon’s economic crisis further harms prospects for Syrians…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254832
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The wage scale law was cast into question when a contentious tax hike law intended to fund it was annulled by the Constitutional Council on September 22, partly on the grounds…