Jasmine Gani Dec 21, 2018 After the sudden announcement of US withdrawal from Syria, followed by confusion in Washington and the resignation of Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis, the attention shifts to the long-term…
Omar Imady Oct 2, 2018 Vladimir Putin and his new good friend Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – the two powerful men in the Syrian drama – smiled triumphantly as they shookhands in Sochi. They did it! They signed a surprise deal…
Omar Imady Aug 15, 2018 The ‘Syrian people are one’, ‘we are all Daraa’, and ‘Oh Daraa we shall support you to death’. These are some of the slogans that were chanted by anti-regime protesters in the southern city of…
Problems of Brokering an Agreement in Syria I William Zartman, The Johns Hopkins University (SAIS) Keynote Speech given to St Andrews Centre for Syrian Studies July 2015 Conference “Moving Beyond the Stalemate” The…
Omar Imady Mar 5, 2018 Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment – Juan E. Ménd ez – Addendum – Summary of information, including individual cases,…
Omar Imady Feb 21, 2018 Economic Challenges and Reform Options for Syria: A Growth Diagnostics Report (CEM, First Phase) The World Bank in cooperation with the National Team, Syria Preliminary and Incomplete…
Will Todman Nov 8, 2017 Just a day after the first aid convoy reached the besieged towns of Saqba and Kafr Batna in over a year, shelling slammed into a kindergarten in the rebel enclave. Ten people were killed,…
Towards the end of January/early February, 2011, several Facebook pages are created calling for a national day of protest. Most identify February 5th as D-day. مواعيد تحركات يوم الغضب السوري نحو حراك شعبي في سورية –…
Omar Imady Feb 23, 2018 Damascus // During a routine session of the Syrian parliament recently, something unexpected happened – a member proposed that harsh emergency laws be reviewed. Abdul Karim al Sayed, an…
Omar Imady Feb 25, 2018 Asma al-Assad: A Rose in the Desert (online versions no longer available) By Joan Juliet Buck | photographed by James NachtweyVogue Excerpts: Asma al-Assad is glamorous, young, and very chic–the…