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26th March 2024

A flashpoint looms in southern Syria

Armenak Tokmajyan
As the influence of the Assad regime and Russia declines, Iran is emerging as the main actor, which could provoke a major Israeli intervention.
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Jordan Iran Governance Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

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22nd March 2024

Borders have undermined Syrian sovereignty

Kheder Khaddour
A forthcoming Carnegie paper will argue that to understand Syria’s future, we will have to focus on the country’s peripheries.
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21st March 2024

Why Iranian entrenchment in southern Syria worries neighbour...

Kheder Khaddour, Armenak Tokmajyan
The Syrian regime has struggled to govern Syria’s south, while the Ukraine war has weakened Russia’s influence, making both more reliant on Tehran and...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Jordan Iran Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

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12th March 2024

An Iraqi path to prosperity?

Harith Hasan
In an interview with Michael Young, a senior editor at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut and editor of Diwan, Carnegie’s Middl...
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28th April 2023

Border crossings: The unholy alliance between Iran and Iraqi...

Akeel Abbas
Border crossings figure prominently in Iran’s strategy to ensure its control over Iraq. But despite the Iraqi population’s desire to distance itself f...
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Middle East and North Africa Iraq Iran Transnational Flows Migration Borderlands

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27th January 2022

Abu Dhabi’s Dilemma

Ahmed Nagi,
The attack of January 17 will force the United Arab Emirates to make one of two choices, neither of them desirable.
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Middle East and North Africa Conflict Dynamics

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23rd December 2021

Beirut for Ma’rib?

Ahmed Nagi,
Rising pressure against Lebanon from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states may well be tied to Hezbollah’s role in Yemen.
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Middle East and North Africa Conflict Dynamics

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14th July 2020

How Southern Syria Has Been Transformed Into a Regional Powd...

Armenak Tokmajyan
In southern Syria, the regime, opposition, foreign powers, and local groups navigate a contentious zone of conflict. Any shift in this delicate balanc...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Jordan Iran Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

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