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Prospects for Syria to end-2019
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB244675
ISSN: 2633-304X
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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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Russian aims in Syria coincide only partly with Iran's: both want to save the Damascus government but their preferred political outcomes differ. Russia's military deployment in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB218377
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Idlib is the location of a nominal de-escalation zone brokered by Russia and Turkey last September. Those countries, along with Iran, held a summit in the Kazakh capital…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB243977
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Last week, a second major rebel counterattack cut the road between Suqaylabiyah and Muhradah, two strongholds of paramilitaries supportive of President Bashar al-Assad. Rebels’…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB244512
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The encirclement of eastern Aleppo is the latest in a series of heavy blows to the rebel movement since Russian military intervention began in September 2015. What is left of the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB212554
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He had kept a low profile in late January, prompting rumours of illness, or even a coup plot. The president’s absence from the limelight came at a sensitive time. Following talks…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB217856
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TURKEY/RUSSIA: Syrian policies will remain at odds
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES212975
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SYRIA: Loyalist gains may alter Idlib conflict dynamic
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES245806
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SYRIA: A rebel deal jeopardises northern buffer zone