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1 – 10 of 15The economy is not showing serious ill effects from the overspill of the conflict in Gaza or recent aid cuts. The government may even have derived some additional financial…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285958
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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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The letter specified that aid must be coordinated with Damascus and also pushed for donors to fulfil their commitments and support refugee return -- a key issue for Arab…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280513
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The disaster that has left over 40,000 people dead in south-eastern Turkey and north-western Syria has given Assad an opportunity to bolster his position through deeper political…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276106
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The 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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The Syrian pound’s weakening beyond 1,000 to the dollar on the parallel market has exposed the chronic weakness of the economy, even as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces move…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250434
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The government is suffering a wave of popular anger after its austerity programme caused days of countrywide protests. Changing ministers is a standard royal method to deflect…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB235249
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This came during a visit by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif, who was seeking to negotiate a 25-year strategic partnership and move forward with collaboration on a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256791
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Policing in Arab countries.