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Executive summary
Publication date: 18 January 2021

SYRIA: Kurds may try to play Washington against Moscow

Expert briefing
Publication date: 22 December 2017

Washington supported the SDF to fight Islamic State (IS) in Syria. Now that it is largely defeated, there are questions over the superpower’s commitment. The United States has…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 26 June 2020

The PYD controls the US-backed Kurdish-led administration in north-east Syria. It was the target of an October 2019 invasion by Turkey, which equates it with its own rebel…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 24 December 2018

This follows President Donald Trump's surprise decision to withdraw troops from Syria, where Washington has been supporting the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in…

Executive summary
Publication date: 4 November 2016

TURKEY/EUROPE: Arrests may strain ties to breakpoint

Expert briefing
Publication date: 26 October 2017

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…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 1 November 2018

The incident is symptomatic of an Islamic State (IS) resurgence in the country. Yet despite parliament’s approval of Abdul-Mahdi as prime minister and ratification of the core of…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 15 November 2017
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Prospects for Syria in 2018

Prospects for Syria in 2018.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 7 February 2020

Troops supporting President Bashar al-Assad launched their latest offensive in Syria’s last large rebel-held region in November 2019. Russian air support has enabled them to make…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 14 October 2015

No organisation has yet claimed responsibility for the worst terrorist attack in Turkey's history, but it is believed to have been carried out by Turkish nationals sympathetic to…

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