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Election result will tone down Turkey's foreign policy

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TURKEY

The June 7 elections' consequences for Turkish foreign policy.

Squabbling Syrian rebels will avoid showdown

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SYRIA

In Damascus, HTS collaborated with more moderate groups from the Free Syrian Army (FSA). Elsewhere, however, the rebels are deeply divided. HTS, the latest avatar of the former…

Turkey will upgrade Ukraine partnership cautiously

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UKRAINE/TURKEY

The relationship is shaped and moderated by Turkey's mix of cooperation and competition with Moscow. Ankara will not use Ukraine as an arena for challenging Russia openly, but its…

Syrian government forces may retake Damascus suburbs

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SYRIA

Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad on November 9 recaptured the 1070 Apartments district on the western outskirts of Aleppo, marking the failure of the rebels’ second push…

Russia risks mission creep as Syrian rebels dig in

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SYRIA

Since the start of Russian airstrikes last September, the rebels have suffered their largest territorial loss to the regime in two years. The new counter-insurgent strategy…

Syrian civil war heads for escalation

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SYRIA

A recent upsurge in fighting has undermined the Geneva talks which the truce was supposed to facilitate. The collapse of the talks and truce could pave the way to a regime…

Islamic State threat is a priority for Afghan Taliban

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AFGHANISTAN

The promise is in line with the Taliban's commitment to act against foreign terrorists in Afghanistan, or at least stop them harming the outside world. The current Taliban…

Defeat of Aleppo rebels will boost Syrian al-Qaida

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SYRIA

The encirclement of eastern Aleppo is the latest in a series of heavy blows to the rebel movement since Russian military intervention began in September 2015. What is left of the…

Jordan will seek Syrian regime help on border security

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SYRIA/JORDAN

Jordan's Syria policy.

ASEAN will pursue incremental engagement in Myanmar

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MYANMAR

Myanmar’s junta for the first time accepted the invitation to have a ‘non-political’ representative at high-level ASEAN meetings, standing since its exclusion from such events…