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Russian build-up raises geopolitical stakes in Syria

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SYRIA

US officials estimate that Russia has dispatched tanks and artillery to Syria in recent weeks in a reported military build-up, raising concerns that Moscow is embarking upon an…

Russia will save Assad to be part of Syria's endgame

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RUSSIA

Russia's significant recent reinforcement of the Assad regime with the deployment of combat aircraft around Lattakia.

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…

Turkey will maintain its military bases in Iraq

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IRAQ

IRAQ: Turkey will maintain its military bases

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…

Islamic State poses limited threat to Afghan security

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AFGHANISTAN

Islamic State threat in Afghanistan.

Salafi-jihadist groups face defeat in Syria’s Idlib

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SYRIA

The bomb came as HTS launched a campaign to crack down on its salafi-jihadist rival Islamic State (IS) in the areas of northern Syria where it has influence. HTS is seeking a…