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Turkey may narrow its aims in protecting Syria’s Idlib

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SYRIA

On August 30, Moscow announced a unilateral ceasefire, pausing a Russian-backed offensive that has been ongoing since late April, during which time over 1,000 civilians have been…

Iran will struggle to maintain its position in Syria

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IRAN

Russia is encouraging a rapprochement between Turkey and Syria that does not explicitly include Iran, a key economic and military backer of the Damascus government. Tehran worries…

Democratic agenda will focus on US economic inequality

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UNITED STATES

One of Obama's more direct and liberal speeches, it continued his drift towards a more expressive demonstration of a Democratic agenda -- although there were areas, such as trade…

IS will rebuild in rural areas of northern Iraq

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IRAQ

Over the past year, IS has transitioned into an insurgent movement across the north, and the risk of militants fleeing Syria into Iraq has heightened fears of a growing threat.

Militias could push the Syrian president towards Iran

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SYRIA

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…

A new accommodation over Syria’s Idlib is probable

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SYRIA

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’…

Syria-Turkey rapprochement faces many obstacles

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SYRIA/TURKEY

The meeting would be the two leaders' first in eleven years, as the culmination of a meeting of their defence ministers and intelligence chiefs in Moscow in late December and…

Russia has the edge in managed competition with Turkey

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RUSSIA/TURKEY

They have backed opposing sides in the Syrian and Libyan conflicts and pursued different objectives there and in Nagorno-Karabakh, in the hope that conflict trends would benefit…

New defensive strategy allows Syria regime to fight on

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SYRIA

The loss is the most significant defeat suffered by the regime in recent months, following the fall of the provincial capital, Idlib, in late March and Nasib, the last regime-held…

Prospects for the United States in the third quarter

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PROSPECTS Q3 2015

Prospects for the United States in the third quarter.