The EUI Syria Initiative is looking for external collaborators that could carry out research on wartime and post-conflict Syria. Syrian nationals and females are strongly encouraged to apply. Desired qualifications: • Experience in field-based research on Syria. • A track record of Read More …
MEDirections is delighted to share a new Research Project Report from the Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria project (WPCS). This publication is available in English and Arabic. Non-governmental organisations in the city of Aleppo have undergone deep transformations since 2011. Relying on various tools, Read More …
MEDirections is delighted to share a new Research Project Report from the Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria project (WPCS). This publication is available in English and Arabic. Since the beginning of the conflict in Syria, Tartous has experienced a number of Read More …
MEDirections is delighted to share a new Policy Brief from the Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria project (WPCS). The Islamic State’s attack, 20 January 2022, on al-Sina’a prison (al-Hasaka city) took both the international Coalition and the Syrian Democratic Forces by Read More …
The Russian intervention in September 2015 was a central turning point in the Syrian conflict. The resulting territorial regime gains, the ensuing stalemate, the deadlock in political negotiations and the inability to induce meaningful change in Syria frustrated Assad’s detractors Read More …
MEDirections is delighted to share a new Policy Brief from the Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria project (WPCS). The Islamic State’s attack, 20 January 2022, on al-Sina’a prison (al-Hasaka city) took both the international Coalition and the Syrian Democratic Forces by Read More …
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022 is probably the most significant historical event since the US and British led invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003 regarding its worldwide consequences. In addition to its catastrophic humanitarian impact in Read More …
MEDirections is delighted to share a new Policy Brief from the Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria project (WPCS). Smuggling goods in and out of Syria to Turkey and Iraq has long been an essential part of the Syrian economy. Smuggling was Read More …
MEDirections is delighted to share a new Policy Brief from the Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria project (WPCS). This publication is available in English and Arabic. In the Druze-majority governorate of Sweida, kidnap gangs have evolved from their first unorganised forms Read More …
After the gradual lifting on subsidies for oil derivatives, in 2020 and particularly 2021, Damascus took a next important step, on 1 February 2022. It announced the exclusion of approximately 600,000 families from its subsidy programme; something like three million Read More …
