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The Gaza conflict has led to a resurgence of attacks by Iran-backed armed groups on US forces, breaking the earlier unofficial truce. Some of those attacks have targeted bases in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283818
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The United States on December 29 launched airstrikes on five bases maintained by Iran-backed militia Kata’ib Hezbollah, in retaliation for a December 28 rocket attack that killed…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB249728
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Canada 's ties with China are strained and are one foreign policy challenge that the recently re-elected Trudeau government faces this year. However, his government is now a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250574
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The announcement was swift, near-identical retaliation for the US Ankara embassy’s suspension of visa services, after the arrest of a Turkish member of the US Istanbul consulate's…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB224969
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Meanwhile, in the same atmosphere of regional escalation, the United States has also targeted sites in Syrian territory as it retaliates against Iran-backed Iraqi armed groups…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283406
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Washington has increased pressure on Tehran on a near-daily basis since it designated the IRGC as a terrorist organisation on April 8. The United States has imposed new sanctions…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB243815
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This is one of the few successes the military have had on the ground since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ended the ceasefire with the PKK on July 24.
The operation, authorised by US President Donald Trump, killed Qassem Soleimani, longstanding chief of the Quds Force -- the external action wing of the Islamic Revolution Guard…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB249770
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The autonomous administration there is under increased pressure, exacerbated by the Gaza conflict, which has resulted in escalating confrontation between pro-Iranian Iraqi…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285138
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Turkey’s confrontation with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is a key driver of regional and to some extent international policy. Erdogan’s comfortable victory in the May 2023…