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	<title>Bashdar Pusho Ismaeel &#187; Global Affairs</title>
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		<title>How Obama&#8217;s red line fiasco breathed new life into the Syrian regime</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2018/05/how-obamas-red-line-fiasco-breathed-new-life-into-the-syrian-regime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2018 16:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the U.S., U.K. and France&#8217;s retaliatory airstrike on April 21, two weeks after alleged chemical attacks by Bashar Assad&#8217;s forces in Douma, was to deter the Syrian regime or force a change of mood, then it looks like a failure. Regime forces are relentlessly continuing their fierce quest to drive out opposition forces in remaining [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Qatar standoff thrusts region into new divide</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2017/06/qatar-standoff-thrusts-region-into-new-divide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2017 19:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The decision by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and a few other nations to cut ties with Qatar, accusing it of supporting terrorism, has ramifications across the Middle East, not least in Iraq. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi delayed his visit to Saudi Arabia to meet with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Manchester terror attack instilled unity, rejected religious discrimination</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2017/05/manchester-terror-attack-instilled-unity-rejected-religious-discrimination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2017 19:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 22, the UK suffered its deadliest terror attack since the events of 7/7 in 2005. The suicide bomb attack at an Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena killed 22 innocent civilians, several of them children, and injured another 119. The attack was described by UK Prime Minister Theresa May as “among the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Frustrated by the West, Turkey looks East to mend ties and transform regional dynamics</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/08/frustrated-by-the-west-turkey-looks-east-to-mend-ties-and-transform-regional-dynamics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2016 09:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent mending of ties between Russia and Turkey comes almost 9 months after the ill-fated Turkish shooting of a Russian jet that saw relations plummet to historic lows. The tune of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin after the patching up of ties was a far cry from months [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>As Turkey mend ties with Russia, what now for the changing dynamics in the region?</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/08/as-turkey-mend-ties-with-russia-what-now-for-the-changing-dynamics-in-the-region/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2016 00:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a strong geopolitical standing, Turkey has historically been a keen lever between the East and West. After increasingly lukewarm relations with its NATO allies in the West in recent years and a bitter feud with the biggest Eastern power in Russia, Turkey could not sit idle as its regional leverage was diluted and new [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Terror in Europe and the Middle East is one and the same</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/07/terror-in-europe-and-the-middle-east-is-one-and-the-same/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2016 13:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Europe still recovering from the Nice massacre a little over a week ago that saw 84 people killed and 303 injured when a French-Tunisian terrorist chillingly drove a 19-tonne lorry into large crowds watching fireworks on Bastille Day in Nice, Germany was coming to terms with a shocking attack of its own on Friday. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>UK exit is as much a question of the fabric of the EU as the future of the UK</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/06/uk-exit-is-as-much-a-question-of-the-fabric-of-the-eu-as-the-future-of-the-uk/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/06/uk-exit-is-as-much-a-question-of-the-fabric-of-the-eu-as-the-future-of-the-uk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2016 09:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK referendum on EU membership was always going to be a tenuous and divisive affair whose impact would echo well beyond these shores. European and world leaders woke up to a new reality on Friday as the exit camp won the day against polling projections. Fluctuations in the Pound were as wild as predictions [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The wide ramifications of UK exit from the EU as economic and political uncertainty ushers a new era</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/06/the-wide-ramifications-of-uk-exit-from-the-eu-as-economic-and-political-uncertainty-ushers-a-new-era/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/06/the-wide-ramifications-of-uk-exit-from-the-eu-as-economic-and-political-uncertainty-ushers-a-new-era/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2016 00:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK referendum on whether to remain or exit the European Union was always going to be a highly emotive, divisive and controversial affair, and it certainly did not disappoint. The Brexit campaign divided the nation, political parties and businesses with claims and counter claims and campaigns of fear. Topics such as immigration, economic ramifications [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Mankind’s footprint of sin and atrocities can never be confined to any piece of land or racial grouping</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/06/mankinds-footprint-of-sin-and-atrocities-can-never-be-confined-to-any-piece-of-land-or-racial-grouping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2016 12:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a week of devastating terror in the West, British PM Jo Cox was tragically murdered outside her constituent surgery in Birstall, West Yorkshire. The killer was not a Muslim, contrary to many a first thought, but white British showing that cold blooded acts of terror are hardly confided to one religion alone. Thomas Mair, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Devastating attacks in Brussels underscore why West must rethink it reactive war on terror</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/04/devastating-attacks-in-brussels-underscore-why-west-must-rethink-it-reactive-war-on-terror/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/04/devastating-attacks-in-brussels-underscore-why-west-must-rethink-it-reactive-war-on-terror/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2016 08:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With France still coming to terms with the devastating terror attacks last November that killed 130 people and traumatised a nation, Belgium became the centre of a new national tragedy. Islamic State (IS) inspired suicide bombings at Brussels Zaventem Airport and a metro killed over 30 people and wounded dozens more. As Belgians mourned the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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