Ukrainian religious leaders lay groundwork for independent orthodox church in break with Russia
- Daily News
- December 15, 2018
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- Middle East
Syrian peace: emergent settlement or talking in circles?0
- Middle East
- June 22, 2017
Negotiations in early July will go nowhere if key players within Syria are sidelined.
Trump, Erdogan and US arms sales to the Kurdish YPG0
- United States, Middle East
- June 12, 2017
Blowback from the US decision to arm the Kurdish YPG could reverberate for decades.
China’s Middle Eastern intervention: Sino-Syrian cooperation0
- Middle East
- June 2, 2017
Sino-Syrian cooperation may secure Chinese national interests – but it will cost Beijing friends.
Hezbollah on the rise0
- Middle East
- April 28, 2017
Hezbollah’s regional adversaries are moving to confront its growing strength.
Trump flexes muscles, strikes Assad. What next?0
- Middle East
- April 7, 2017
The US bombed the Syrian government for the first time on Thursday.
Turkey’s foreign deployments: reckless militarism or megaphone diplomacy?1
- Middle East
- April 6, 2017
Threats of Turkish expansionism in Syria and Iraq disguise Ankara’s containment policy.
Yemen: no easy win0
- Middle East
- April 4, 2017
The Trump administration’s anti-Iranian policies are driving the US into a futile war in Yemen.
Iran’s hardliners test Rouhani0
- Middle East
- March 18, 2017
The opposition will exploit Rouhani’s economic and foreign policy record before May’s election.
How the US lost to al-Qaeda in Syria1
- Security & Terrorism, Middle East
- March 5, 2017
While the world has been fixated with ISIS, al-Qaeda has been rebuilding its strength in Syria
Erdogan’s Turkey: towards a new sultanate?0
- Middle East
- February 28, 2017
Turkey’s president is determined to win an April referendum that will gift him one-man rule.
Trump frustrates own goals in Iraq0
- Middle East
- February 21, 2017
President Trump’s ban on Iraqis entering the US may undermine his agenda in the war-torn country.
Palestine: A long road to unity0
- Middle East
- February 21, 2017
Fatah and Hamas have formed a unity government but the tenuous allegiance faces challenges on all sides.
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