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…
By Mohamad Alashmar In the tapestry of the Arab generations and the dynamic landscape of the Arab Spring, one thread has woven a…
By Nasrin Akhter As the drums of war beat ever louder with Israel amassing hundreds of thousands of troops and tanks along the border with…
By Nasrin Akhter As Israel looks set to launch a massive ground invasion in Gaza in response to Hamas’ unprecedented incursion into…
By Mohamad Al Ashmar 4/18/2023 Since the first day of the 2011 Uprising, the Syrian diaspora has joined the efforts and aspirations of Syrians on the ground by yielding political and economic support, advocating…
Pictures coming from Syria in July illustrate that, despite the relative peace and the fragile ceasefire, the situation is opaque and can inflame frontlines anytime. By Ola Rifai On July 8, Syrian President Bashar…
On July 4-6 the Institute of the Middle East, Central Asia and Caucasus Studies (MECACS) at the University of St Andrews hosted the 2022 annual British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) conference…
