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Publication date: 27 January 2016

The most important segments of the non-jihadist opposition to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad have unified in the 'Riyadh opposition'. However, rival blocs that are not…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB208094

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Publication date: 5 April 2018

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…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB231885

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Publication date: 16 January 2017

The strikes are likely efforts to prevent Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shia militia, from using its involvement in the Syrian conflict to acquire sophisticated weaponry. Israeli fears…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB217288

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Publication date: 28 March 2019

Iran has been looking to build up its business ties on the ground in Syria, and views access to trade infrastructure as a key component in its plans for an integrated trade and…

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Publication date: 24 January 2020

Iranian networks in Syria.

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250231

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Publication date: 20 March 2024

The economy is not showing serious ill effects from the overspill of the conflict in Gaza or recent aid cuts. The government may even have derived some additional financial…

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Publication date: 9 February 2017

He had kept a low profile in late January, prompting rumours of illness, or even a coup plot. The president’s absence from the limelight came at a sensitive time. Following talks…

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Publication date: 12 February 2018

Responding to a drone incursion on February 10, Israel lost its first military aircraft in combat since 1982, provoking a series of major raids against government and Iranian…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB229718

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Publication date: 16 November 2023

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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Publication date: 1 November 2021

President Bashar al-Assad's two principal foreign backers, Russia and Iran, support and to some extent direct sizeable forces in Syria on which Assad relies. That contributes to a…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265106

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