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1 – 10 of 47Tensions 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'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
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Turkish-US relations under a Trump presidency.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB217006
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The elimination of top- and mid-level cadres in US-led coalition airstrikes comes at a time when the group is also suffering serious battlefield losses. The strikes raise…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB207721
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Turkey is gradually winning its war against the secessionist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The state’s hold on the Kurdish-populated south-east no longer faces a serious…
President Bashar al-Assad's two principal foreign backers, Russia and Iran, support and to some extent direct sizeable forces in Syria on which Assad relies. That contributes to a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265106
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The Lebanon-Israel maritime border dispute.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB246730
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This complicates direct talks that began recently between Saudi Arabia and the Huthis on a resolution to the wider conflict. Meanwhile, the first visible signs of progress in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250118
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Prospects for Turkey in 2018.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225705
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The situation in Yemen has deteriorated rapidly after January's takeover of central government by the northern rebel group Ansar Allah, also known as the Huthi movement, and the…