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Lebanon will bargain for more Syrian refugee returns

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LEBANON/SYRIA

The country’s economic crisis and the Christian community's demographic fears have increased anti-refugee sentiment, which politicians weaponised around the May 2022 elections. In…

Turkey's foreign policy will increase its isolation

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TURKEY

However, it has sometimes combined a very confrontational public relationship, including public attacks on an international institution, with a much more cooperative private…

Arab youth opinion points to instability, reform risks

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MIDDLE EAST

Arab youth opinion.

Turkish government is in quandary over Syrian refugees

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TURKEY/SYRIA

TURKEY/SYRIA: Ankara in quandary over Syrian refugees

Islamic State will draw on Syrian Sunni grievances

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SYRIA

SYRIA: Islamic State will draw on Sunni grievances

Syria refugees will be unwelcome in Beirut and at home

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LEBANON

LEBANON: Syria refugees will be unwelcome everywhere

Al-Qaida core could keep control of Syria’s Idlib

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SYRIA

The last major rebel-held area in Syria, Idlib province is under the military control of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a salafi-jihadist rebel alliance. Jaysh al-Ahrar, the largest…

Sexual violence intensifies Middle East extremism

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MIDDLE EAST

Sexual violence in Middle East conflicts.

Syria's Idlib could ultimately become a bloodbath

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SYRIA

SYRIA: Idlib could ultimately become a bloodbath

Turkey-US relationship will become more transactional

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TURKEY/US

The Turkish government's crackdown on internal dissent, and its opposition to Kurdish groups at home and abroad have placed its NATO ally, the United States, in an awkward…