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Turkey has long been the key player in Iraqi Kurdistan's oil and gas sector, facilitating oil exports and offering gas transit. However, the Kurdish referendum, coupled with…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB222256
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The border crossing is close to the vital oil pipeline tie-in at Fish-Khabur, where the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) oil export pipeline meets the federal pipeline…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225469
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had signalled strongly that an incursion against the Kurds, whom he regards as terrorists linked to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB229272
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Since the breakdown of the peace process with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in July 2016, Erdogan’s policy of all-out violence has to outward appearances smashed the Kurds’…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB247101
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It was just 58 days after Turkey launched an invasion aimed at seizing Afrin from Syrian Kurdish rebels whom Ankara regards as terrorists. Turks have been jubilant at what is…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB230531
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225094
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State fragmentation in the Middle East.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB209756
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Ankara’s policy towards Iraqi and Syrian Turkmen.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB217354
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB214345
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The meeting could have tried to ease tensions after Turkey shot down a Russian Su-24 close to the Turkish-Syrian border. Putin insisted Ankara first apologise for the incident…