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Paul Iddon

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Paul Iddon is a freelance journalist based in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan who writes about Middle East affairs

Analysis: The Biden administration is set to unveil a new interagency strategy to combat the Syrian regime's multi-billion-dollar drug trade.

08 June, 2023

Analysis: As regional normalisation with Assad accelerates, Syria's two most powerful non-regime groups are offering to resettle refugees as part of a bid for leverage and legitimacy.

31 May, 2023

Analysis: Tehran wants to keep Assad politically and strategically aligned as Arab states normalise ties with Syria.

08 May, 2023

In-depth: Iraq has one of the largest numbers of missing persons worldwide, with up to one million people having been forcibly disappeared in the past 50 years.

11 April, 2023

Analysis: The Ukraine war has led to a deepening strategic alliance between Iran and Russia, with Tehran supplying drones, missiles, and other military equipment to support Moscow's invasion.

28 February, 2023

Analysis: Iran's drone facilities abroad help it to evade sanctions and attacks, empower allies, and shorten supply chains.

13 February, 2023

Analysis: A full Turkish military withdrawal from Syria is unlikely for a number of reasons in the near future, analysts say, and an eventual withdrawal will likely prove immensely complicated.

25 January, 2023

Analysis: Ties between the two nations are at breaking point, with Tehran managing in three years to destroy three decades of friendly relations with Kyiv.

17 November, 2022

Analysis: Iran has sought to blame external Kurdish groups for the wave of anti-government protests sweeping the country following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini.

18 October, 2022

In-depth: In his memoir, Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani shared for the first time that Turkey's former President Turgut Ozal had proposed annexing Iraqi Kurdistan after the Gulf War. But how serious was the idea?

01 September, 2022