Need for seed: Damascus increasingly desperate for wheat
Syria Update 21 December 2020 Download PDF Version Need for seed: Damascus increasingly desperate for wheat In Depth Analysis Lacking realistic means of averting an impending wheat crisis, the Government of Syria has tightened agricultural support for wheat farmers as it scrambles to boost the imports that are needed to fill now-chronic production shortfalls. On […]
Al-Assad alienates minority supporters in a bid for the Sunni Arab majority
Syria Update 14 December 2020 Download PDF Version Al-Assad alienates minority supporters in a bid for the Sunni Arab majority In Depth Analysis On 7 December, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad delivered a 75 minute-long speech to senior Syrian religious authorities and Islamic scholars during a meeting convened in Damascus by the Religious Endowments Ministry. Like […]
Turkey pressures Ein Issa as the SDF pivots toward politics
Syria Update 7 December 2020 Download PDF Version Turkey pressures Ein Issa as the SDF pivots toward politics In Depth Analysis On 5 December, Turkish troops and Syrian National Army (SNA) forces heavily shelled Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) positions in and around Ein Issa and Abu Rasin, as Turkey tests the soft boundaries of the […]
