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1 – 10 of 37The 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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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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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
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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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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB242846
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Iranian networks in Syria.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250231
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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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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB217856
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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
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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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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB207350
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This comes amid a recent rise in Israeli military operations in Syria as part of efforts to prevent Iranian military entrenchment and supply of weapons to sympathetic groups.