by Ola Rifai Earlier this month, the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan unveiled a plan to send one million Syrian refugees back to Northern Syria as a part of a ‘voluntary’ return project for Syrians to ‘Safe…
On the 10th anniversary of the Syrian Uprising, I share selections of previous posts that I wrote from 2012 onwards, documenting and…
Ola Rifai What Syrians might be asking themselves today? “It will take ten years [for peace and prosperity to prevail.]” This would be the…
In mid-December, the Syrian regime and the Russian troops launched an air and ground assault on Maaret al-Numan and Saraeb towns in Idlib…
Ola Rifai Nov 2, 2019 The Syrian conflict presents an excellent case study for students of international relations theories, in particular to those interested in realpolitik and the power of alliances. According to…
Ola Rifai May 7, 2019 Violence in the last couple of months has, relatively speaking, been halted in Syria. However, alas, this does not denote a closer end to the conflict. On the contrary, two developments occurred…
Ola Rifai Mar 15, 2019 On Sunday March 10th, the regime forces reinstated a new bronze statue of late president Hafez Asad in Daraa city, replacing an old one that was taken down by anti- Asad protesters in April 2011.…
