Ola Rifai Feb 22, 2016 The two tiny towns of Tal Rifaat and Azaz in the very north of Syria occupied the headlines for the last couple of days, and further became the focal point of what some dub a ‘reduced World…
SUMMARY OF DELIBERATIONS OF PARTICIPANTS PROSPECTS FOR GETTING BEYOND THE STALEMATE – Prof. Raymond Hinnebusch, Director, Centre for Syrian Studies The Syria 2015 Conference, “Getting Beyond the Stalemate,” held…
Scholarly Research presented at Syira: Moving Beyond the Stalemate July 2015 Ibrahim Al-Marashi – Has the Syrian Civil War Reached a ‘Mutually Hurting Stalemate? Maria Aurora Sottimano – The Syria Interim Government:…
Joshka Wessels Jan 8, 2016 Read: Bombs Away “For many of the Syrian civilians in these liberated areas, it felt like the Assad regime was coordinating with the coalition airforces. With the widespread destruction…
Ola Rifai – University of St Andrews Dec 1, 2015 The Syrian drama has witnessed some significant developments during the last couple of months, which have further complicated the scene, but remarkably, they may also…
Ola Rifai – University of St Andrews Dec 27, 2015 The breaking news of Zahran Alloush’s assassination has earth shattering implications on the Syrian crisis and in turn, on all actors engaged. He is said to have been…
Omar Imady Sep 28, 2015 The humanitarian crisis affecting Syria is now at the forefront of policy-planning and revision at governmental and non-governmental levels, and within international organisations. The British…
Omar Imady Sep 30, 2015 ‘I could have been one of them’ The CEO of the oil services company Petrofac, Ayman Asfari, who was born in Syria says that if he had not left the country he could have become one of the…
Ola Rifai Aug 1, 2015 Ola Rifai – University of St Andrews, https://twitter.com/olarifai A number of international and regional developments have emerged during the last couple of months and might have some direct…