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Despite rivalry between the leading Kurdish parties of Syria and Iraq, the October 9 Turkish incursion into Syria sparked widespread anger among Iraqi Kurds. They fear a new…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB247599
ISSN: 2633-304X
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IRAQ: Long spat with Kurds gives Islamic State space
Iraqi security forces took control of Kirkuk following a controversial independence referendum in September 2017. Since then, security in the area has deteriorated, with an…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB232240
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The announcement signals the KRG's intent to continue exporting oil and meet its own domestic costs independently of Baghdad. However, at the same time as the KRG is moving…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB201429
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TURKEY/EUROPE: Arrests may strain ties to breakpoint
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES214759
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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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His statement, made in Iran shortly after a visit to Turkey -- two countries strongly opposed to Kurdish secession -- implicitly rejects an offer made yesterday by the Kurdistan…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225393
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The team includes the defence and foreign ministers, the intelligence chief and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s special adviser Ibrahim Kalin. They will visit Washington later…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB240824
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Prospects for Turkey to end-2016.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB211751
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The mood was milder than might have been expected. Both sides were conscious of the need to improve relations but, given the direction in which Turkey is traveling under…