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Webinar
LevantGlobal Health and Health Policy
The Aftermath of the Syria-Turkey Earthquake: Humanitarian Crises and Geopolitical Challenges
Feb 28, 2023
Experts discuss the situation in northern Syria and southern Turkey, the magnitude of the humanitarian catastrophe, local and international responses, and the …
Viewpoint
SyriaJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Aid to Syrian and Turkish Earthquake Victims Must Arrive Unobstructed
Feb 10, 2023Imad K. Harb David Kanbergs
Many cities and neighborhoods in Turkey and Syria have either been destroyed or damaged to the point of making them uninhabitable. Rescue efforts in both count…
Policy Analysis
SyriaMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs
Erdoğan’s Rapprochement with Assad Spells Trouble for Syrian Refugees
Feb 1, 2023Nabeel A. Khoury
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s interest in a rapprochement with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is the latest chapter in his delicate domestic and r…
Book Review
Palestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs
Fugitive Dreams: Chronicles of Occupation and Resistance
Jan 25, 2023
Khalil E. Jahshan interviews Ramsey Hanhan to discuss his recent book, Fugitive Dreams: Chronicles of Occupation and Resistance, a slightly fictionalized liter…
Podcast
Palestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs
Transnational Palestine
Nov 16, 2022
Nadim Bawalsa and Yousef Munayyer discuss Palestinian communities in Latin America as part of Bawalsa's book titled Transnational Palestine: Migration and the …
Policy Analysis
YemenConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The Flaws and Failures of International Humanitarian Aid to Yemen
Oct 20, 2022Afrah Nasser
In a July 2022 report on the UN’s humanitarian response to the crisis in Yemen, the UN Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation Steering Group concluded that “the …
Expert Interview
Palestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs
Humanitarian Work in the Middle East: The Case of ANERA
Sep 29, 2022
ANERA directors discuss the organization's relief efforts in Lebanon and Palestine, as well as current conditions in both countries. Samar Yassir serves as the…
Intern Corner
SyriaMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs
Syria Is Not Ready to Repatriate Displaced Syrians
Sep 20, 2022Hannah Jacobs
By 2015, over four million Syrians had fled the country’s civil war and arrived in neighboring countries, in Europe, and beyond. Today, the number of displaced…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelEducation and Development
International Aid to the Palestinians: Between Politicization and Development
Aug 4, 2022Omar Shaban
Following the signing of the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1993, an international conference was held in Washington …
Infographic
SyriaMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs
The Syrian Refugee Population around the Globe
Aug 1, 2022ACW Research and Analysis Team
Our research team compiled the following information about Syrian refugees from the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), including the number of refugees in …
Featured Speakers
SyriaIdentity Politics and Sectarianization
Governance and Territorial Fragmentation in Syria: Assessing the Humanitarian and Political Challenges
Aug 2, 2022
The webinar features Abdurrahman Mustafa, Prime Minister of the Syrian Interim Government, discussing his government’s achievements and challenges. Other panel…
Policy Analysis
TurkeyMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs
Syrian Refugees in Turkey Face an Uncertain Future
Jul 12, 2022Mustafa Gurbuz
In the early hours of July 1, 2022, Turkish sources reported on a story of undocumented immigrants fleeing the Osmaniye Refugee Camp in southern Turkey. That s…