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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
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Prospects for Syria in 2019.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB239804
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The role of Syrian intelligence agencies.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB240578
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB242464
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In fact, ten years after that conflict started, with President Bashar al-Assad still in control of two-thirds of the country, no foreign state shows any sign of making a major…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259923
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Confrontations between Russian and Turkish fighter jets along the Turkish-Syrian border -- which triggered strong expressions of support for Turkey from NATO and the EU -- have…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB205836
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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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Prospects for Syria in 2018.