REPORT: Dynamics of Russo-Iranian Collaboration in Syria

The Syrian Civil War has been raging for more than half a decade, and has attracted the interventions of numerous external actors from across the globe. Whether interested in promoting peace or ensuring that their preferred faction increases influence, these external actors are as important to delineating the longevity and prospects of the conflict as […]

PublishedApril 20th, 2017 Author Legacy
Topics

• Featured
• Situation Analysis & Special Reports
• Strategic Comment
• Iran
• Russia
• Syria

Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2017/04/report-dynamics-of-russo-iranian-collaboration-in-syria/

Over 1 Million Afghan Refugees Returned to Afghanistan

Over 1 million Afghan refugees have returned to their country of origin. This is the largest influx of refugees returning to Afghanistan since the Taliban regime fell in 2011. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), one-fifth of refugees returned involuntarily from neighbouring Pakistan and Iran. As security deteriorated last year, more than 200,000 Afghans […]

PublishedNovember 30th, 2016 Author Legacy
Topics

• Featured
• MENA
• Refugee Report
• Afghanistan
• Iran
• Pakistan
• Refugees

Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/11/over-1-million-afghan-refugees-returned-to-afghanistan/

The Plight of Afghan Refugees in Iran

Only a third of the total number of Afghan refugees in Iraq are UN-registered as the Iranian authorities have not provided all of them with the opportunity to legally claim asylum. Those born within Iran’s borders do holding UN-recognise refugee status; however, they lack many of the rights granted to Iranian Citizens.  A large number of […]

PublishedOctober 20th, 2016 Author Legacy
Topics

• Featured
• MENA
• Refugee Report
• Afghanistan
• Iran
• Refugees

Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/10/the-plight-of-afghan-refugees-in-iran/

Syrian conflict and rethinking ‘Geopolitics in the Middle East’

Earlier this year, the Institute for Islamic Strategic Affairs (IISA) published its Annual Strategic Brief, as part of the IISA Ibn Khaldun paper series, focusing on geopolitics in the Middle East. Our main argument was that state of conflicts and geopolitics in the Middle East is much more complex than conventionally thought, and comprises of […]

PublishedSeptember 8th, 2016 Author Legacy
Topics

• Annual Strategic Brief in Review
• Blog
• Featured
• Situation Analysis & Special Reports
• Annual Strategic Brief
• Borders
• Geopolitics
• Iran
• Iraq
• ISIS
• Mosul
• Russia
• Syria
• Turkey
• US

Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/09/situuation-analysis-syrian-conflict-and-rethinking-geopolitics-in-the-middle-east/