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Tribes are an important and under-acknowledged element in Yemen’s social, security and political structures. Any agreement to end the civil war needs to take into consideration…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274423
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BAHRAIN: US support for leaders could prompt protests
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES275988
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The government will seek to boost turnout without opening up any more political or social space, and conservatives will maintain their thorough monopoly of power. However…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283522
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Prospects for Iraq in 2019
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB240083
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The killings follow the deaths of 17 people in a series of Palestinian attacks in Israel in March and April. The violence has triggered a change in the Palestinian political…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274528
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The withdrawal plunged Iraqi politics into its deepest crisis since the war against Islamic State (IS) started in 2013. Moqtada al-Sadr’s failure to establish a majority…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271475
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These have occurred against a background of Israeli and Palestinian government instability and ongoing settlement building in the West Bank. In contrast, wider Arab-Israeli ties…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB270861
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Despite its flaws and mutual accusations of minor breaches by the Huthi and the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), the UN-brokered ceasefire has brought tangible and welcome…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271980
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Militias loyal to the STC launched ‘Eastern Arrow’ to clear AQAP and associated terrorists from Abyan and Shabwah. The fighting has been intense. The STC also appears to be using…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272838
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President Bashar al-Assad does not control most of the local and foreign militias that operate in his name in Syria. Some of those follow the policies of Iran’s Islamic Revolution…