Syria Needs to Rebuild an Army. Turkey Wants to Build the System.
Israel has grown increasingly concerned about Turkey’s military role in…
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What Syria, Iraq and Turkey reveal about the scale of the global energy shock
On 14 September, Syria saw its largest protests since the fall of…
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Iraq’s 75% Oil Rebound in August Cost $2 Billion in Discounts
SOMO’s August tables show 73.7 million barrels exported, the strongest…
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Baghdad Drops Disarmament for Reorganisation as Iran Opens Hormuz to Iraqi Crude
Iraq’s oil exports have risen sharply over the past month…
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The PKK Is Rebuilding Its Media as a Civilian Political Network
The PKK-aligned movement has spent the past eighteen months restructuring…
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Damascus Moves From Nominal to Physical Security Control in Hasakah
New on the SDF-Damascus integration agreement: Yesterday and today, a…
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Why PJAK Remains Armed While the PKK’s Other Fronts Close
On 25 August, Mazloum Abdi, commander of the Syrian Democratic…
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Why Syria’s Political Geography Looks Nothing Like Iraq’s
Comparisons between Syria and Iraq usually start from a shared…
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SDF Dissolution and the Final Integration Deal: What Damascus Gained and What Remains Unclear
On the latest SDF-Damascus integration agreement:
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Iraq’s Oil Is Flowing Again. Its Budget Gap Is Not Closing.
Before the Iran war, which started on February 28, Iraq…
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