Rule by the libyan arab armed forces has disrupted the fragile balance in Sirte
- Type: Other
- Year of Publication: 2021
- Series/Report no.: Policy Briefs, 2021/14, Middle East Directions (MED)
- Abstract: In January 2020, as conflict was raging in Tripoli, Haftar's Libyan Arab Armed Forces succeeded in capturing Sirte. Because of the city's location and socio-political specificities, this constituted a key [...]
The recovery of the local economy in northern Aleppo : reality and challenges
- Type: Technical Report
- Year of Publication: 2021
- Series/Report no.: 2021/05, Middle East Directions (MED), Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria
- Abstract: The Syrian conflict has altered the ecosystem in northern Syria in many ways. However, the most significant shift has been Aleppo’s disconnection from the surrounding countryside, its suburbs having practically [...]
Tribal ‘sulh’ and the politics of persuasion in volatile southern Syria
- Type: Technical Report
- Year of Publication: 2021
- Series/Report no.: 2021/04, Middle East Directions (MED), Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria
- Abstract: Over the last few years, increasing political and criminal violence has dominated narratives emerging from Daraa and Sweida governorates in southern Syria. In their own localities, however, local notables have [...]
What role for Syrian non-governmental organisations in Deir ez-Zor after the war?
- Type: Technical Report
- Year of Publication: 2021
- Series/Report no.: Middle East Directions (MED), 2021/03, Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria
- Abstract: During the years of war in Deir ez-Zor and the siege imposed by Islamic State on the pocket of territory in the city controlled by the Assad regime, Syrian non-governmental [...]
Libya’s constitution : between conflict and compromise
- Type: Technical Report
- Year of Publication: 2021
- Series/Report no.: Middle East Directions (MED), 2021/02
- Abstract: With the prospect of reaching a peace agreement and holding a general election in Libya by the end of 2021, Libya’s constitutional future has recently gained renewed attention and triggered [...]
Can Europe choreograph a Saudi-Iranian détente?
- Type: Other
- Year of Publication: 2021
- Series/Report no.: Policy Briefs, 2021/10, Middle East Directions (MED)
- Abstract: Geopolitical rivalries between the two shores of the Gulf are having a detrimental impact on the stability of the wider Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. European interests, such [...]
Russian investment in Syrian phosphate : opportunities and challenges
- Type: Other
- Year of Publication: 2021
- Series/Report no.: Policy Briefs, 2021/04, Middle East Directions (MED), Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria
- Abstract: While analysts regularly point out that Russia is seizing Syrian’s natural resources including phosphates as a compensation for its costly military intervention to support Damascus, the question arises how these [...]
How Sirte became a hotbed of the Libyan conflict
- Type: Other
- Year of Publication: 2021
- Series/Report no.: Policy Briefs, 2021/05, Middle East Directions (MED)
- Abstract: The birthplace and former stronghold of the late Muammar Qadhafi, the coastal city of Sirte, was stigmatised and marginalised following the fall of the regime in October 2011. However, since [...]
How global Jihad relocalises and where it leads : the case of HTS, the former AQ franchise in Syria
- Type: Working Paper
- Year of Publication: 2021
- Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS, 2021/08, Middle East Directions (MED)
- Abstract: The territories ruled by the Syrian opposition are being reorganised. The leaderless revolution has given way to a seizure of power by vanguardist and ideological organisations, be it the PYD [...]
The fallout of the US-Iran confrontation for Russia : revisiting Moscow's calculus
- Type: Technical Report
- Year of Publication: 2020
- Series/Report no.: Middle East Directions (MED), 2020/19, Russian International Affairs Coucil
- Abstract: Amid years of tense relations between the United States and Iran, the shadow of all-out war has not been a constant feature of relations as it has become in the [...]
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