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1 – 10 of 40Tensions have risen over the past year between the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), due to disagreements over the electoral law…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280955
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Turkey has dropped its insistence on regime change in Syria as it seeks to defuse a domestic crisis over Syrian refugees and to contain Kurdish aspirations. Normalisation could…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272532
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YEMEN: Fiscal difficulties add to humanitarian crisis
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES274902
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Together with Syrian government budget cutbacks, the decreased Russian presence has resulted in an increase in inter-communal clashes, forced disappearances, demonstrations and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272593
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IRAN/SYRIA: Focus will be hegemony, not diplomacy
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES217431
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Tensions have risen since Syrian government shelling killed seven Turkish soldiers and a civilian contractor in north-western Syria on February 3. Although President Recep Tayyip…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250577
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IRAQ: Iran-backed groups will deepen anti-US pressure
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES260472
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The Saudi-led coalition's much-publicised plan to launch a military attack against the main Red Sea port of Hodeida, currently controlled by Huthi militants and their allies, is…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB220750
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SYRIA: Humanitarian situation threatened by politics
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES271431
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Germany is "ready to offer support" on four Turkish demands in return for cooperating with the EU in the migrant crisis. At a joint press…