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Expert briefing
Publication date: 5 April 2018

President Bashar al-Assad does not control most of the local and foreign militias that operate in his name in Syria. Some of those follow the policies of Iran’s Islamic Revolution…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB231885

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 6 September 2022

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…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 12 March 2019

This comes as the US Congress is finalising a bill, the Caesar Act, that would substantially increase the sanctions pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government. As…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 4 February 2020

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

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 5 August 2015

France's recent international activism.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 9 April 2018

Initial reports blamed the United States, which had been expected to react strongly to allegations of a devastating chemical attack on the last rebel outpost in Eastern Ghouta…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 13 November 2019

This depreciation reflects the underlying weakness of the government’s financial position. Political and territorial advances in favour of President Bashar al-Assad -- most…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB247692

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 29 September 2015

Putin's comments follow Russia's sudden military build-up in north-west Syria in early September, and an Israeli artillery attack on the Syrian army in the Golan Heights on…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB205656

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 30 July 2015

Tehran's regional ties have been strained by its support for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Shia militias in Iraq, and sectarian groups in the Gulf. The…

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Publication date: 16 February 2021

This is part of a wider energy crisis that is also evident in the long queues outside petrol stations and in the difficulty that bakeries face in securing fuel, on top of the…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259556

ISSN: 2633-304X

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