From Our Affiliates

From our Affiliates
Sectarian Violence in Syria’s Coast: Background and Implications
Mar 13, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
Syria’s coastal region saw a wave of bloody sectarian violence from 6-10 March, sparked by armed clashes between remnants of former President Bashar al-Assad’s…
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Israel’s Policy in post-Assad Syria
Mar 11, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
Israel has stepped up its attacks on Syrian territory since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on 8 December last year. In the three days after Syrian opposi…
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The New Syrian Administration Caught between Domestic Demands and Foreign Pressures
Feb 17, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
Nearly two months since the fall of the Assad regime, the new Syrian administration faces major domestic and foreign challenges as it tries to resurrect state …
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Biden’s Approach to Post-Assad Syria
Jan 12, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
US President Joe Biden’s administration welcomed the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria on 8 December as a “historic opportunity for the long-sufferin…
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The Aqaba Summit and the Transition Process in Syria
Dec 17, 2024The Unit for Political Studies
The statement issued following the Aqaba meetings received mixed reactions in Syrian circles. While no official comment was issued by the Syrian interim govern…
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Syria Transition: Nothing Left to Lose and Everything to Gain
Dec 16, 2024The Unit for Political Studies
Syria has entered a new phase with the fall of the regime facing myriad challenges. The deposed regime destroyed the country through policies of violence and o…
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Rebel Takeover as Syrian Regime Forces Retreat
Dec 4, 2024The Unit for Political Studies
Since the end of summer, opposition forces have been preparing for a military operation that had intended to be limited to retaking the areas seized by the reg…
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The Syrian Refugee Crisis in Lebanon: Between Political Incitement and International Law
Oct 3, 2023Ibrahim Yasin
Many crises have afflicted Lebanon, from the banking crisis of 2019 to the 2020 Beirut Port explosion, and from the persistent presidential vacuum to the renew…
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The Protest Movement in Syria: Has A Consensus Begun to Emerge?
Sep 5, 2023Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
As the Syrian economy continues to deteriorate and the regime takes measures to lift subsidies on fuel and other basic goods and move forward with its economic…
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The Turkish Rapprochement with the Syrian regime: Motives and Prospects
Sep 18, 2022Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Statements from Turkish officials have indicated increasing steps towards rapprochement with the Syrian regime. At a meeting of Turkish ambassadors in Ankara o…
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Emirati Normalization with the Syrian Regime: Motives and Implications
Nov 16, 2021Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
On 9 November, the UAE Foreign Minister, Abdullah bin Zayed, paid a visit to Damascus, the first in ten years, during which he met the head of the Syrian regim…
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The Moscow Summit: Will the Ceasefire Hold in Idlib?
Mar 11, 2020Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
The failure of previous arrangements regarding Syria suggests that the latest ceasefire agreement between Turkey and Russia may only be temporary. Read this an…
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Three scenarios for the battle for Idlib
Feb 19, 2020Marwan Kabalan
Major decisions have to be made by Turkey, Russia, and the United States in the coming weeks that may determine the next phase of the Syrian conflict.
Policy Analysis
The Turkish Military Operation in Northeastern Syria: Scope, Aims and Reactions
Oct 17, 2019Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
Turkey seems to be in a hurry to achieve its operational goals before pressure increases to bring the operation to an end or in order to pre-empt any operation…
Policy Analysis
How Turkey’s ‘Peace Spring’ changed the dynamics of Syria’s war
Oct 15, 2019Marwan Kabalan
Turkey's military action on Syria will have consequences far beyond the 'safe zone' it is trying to establish.
Policy Analysis
The Battle for Idlib: Three Scenarios
Sep 5, 2018Marwan Kabalan
After using de-escalation zones to take over one rebel-held area after the other, Russia has its eyes now on Idlib.
Policy Analysis
Iran’s Syria Predicament
Jul 4, 2018Marwan Kabalan
As Syria's civil war draws to a close, Iran's activity in the country is coming under increasing scrutiny. The US, Israel, and the Gulf states are all working …

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