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Damascus will balance between Moscow and Tehran

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SYRIA

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…

Syria conflict will reshape regional security order

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SYRIA

The civil war is turning in Assad's favour -- and its impact will be felt across the region and beyond

After Islamic State, Middle East fissures will deepen

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MIDDLE EAST

The salafi-jihadist group has lost almost all the territory it formerly held in Iraq and Syria. The recent attack on a mosque in Egypt’s Sinai also significantly reduced its local…

Influencing Iraq and Syria will have costs for Turkey

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TURKEY

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…

Turkey’s Syrian goals will deepen the US breach

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TURKEY

Erdogan’s New York meetings will include discussions of the troubled US-Turkish relationship. When a jailed US pastor returns to court in October on espionage charges, Turkey…

Turkey's Iraqi-Syrian Turkmen policy will backfire

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TURKEY/IRAQ/SYRIA

Ankara’s policy towards Iraqi and Syrian Turkmen.

Turkey involvement will deepen Syria conflict

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SYRIA

The proposed process would start with six months of negotiations aimed at setting up a transitional administration comprised of figures from the opposition, the government and…

Iraq may face new risks after US withdrawal from Syria

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IRAQ/SYRIA/US

This comes as US forces begin redeploying into Iraq as they start leaving north-eastern Syria, following US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from that country.

Damascus may indulge Kurdish autonomy hopes

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SYRIA

On the same day, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem told his Russian counterpart that although the Kurds were “drunk” on US assistance, Damascus would not allow the violation…

Damascus can choose to deal with Ankara or the Kurds

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SYRIA

Washington supported the SDF to fight Islamic State (IS) in Syria. Now that it is largely defeated, there are questions over the superpower’s commitment. The United States has…