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Aleppo Council to Relocate Graves, Raising Concerns across Syria
On 24 February, Aleppo City Council announced that the remains of those buried in a park adjacent to Salah al-Din Mosque, in western Aleppo, will be relocated to the Modern Islamic Cemetery, east of Aleppo city, on 2 March, at the council’s expense. The Aleppo City...
Vaccination Progress and Concerns as Syria Joins COVAX
On 11 February, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced details of the three-phase COVID-19 vaccination plan in Syria. The Government of Syria’s entry to the COVAX programme administered by the WHO marks the first and by far most important milestone to date in...
State Steps up as Soldiers Enter Public Service in Droves
On 30 January, the Ministry of Administrative Development (MoAD) announced that 10,076 demobilised Syrian Arab Army soldiers had passed the employment exam taken by candidates for the two topmost tiers of public-sector work. While the employment pipeline directing...
Sweeping Real Estate Sales Tax Reform Discussed
Sweeping Real Estate Sales Tax Reform Discussed Table of Contents Sweeping Real Estate Sales Tax Reform Discussed In Depth Analysis On 27 January, the Syrian Cabinet discussed a sweeping makeover of Syria’s property sales tax rules which threatens to upend the...
Double Trouble: Southern Syria Erupts on Two Fronts
Changes to military service reflect Damascus’s unrealistic aims, growing socio-economic divide Table of Contents In Depth Analysis Whole Of Syria Review Few Changes Expected As FM Deputy Mekdad Steps In For Muallem In A Rare Move, Israel Publicly Claims Responsibility...
Syria in 2021
Introduction As 2021 begins, humanitarian and development actors working on Syria must confront a host of new challenges. Donors, policymakers, and aid implementers assessing priorities for the year ahead may draw useful insights from the events of 2020. For much of...
Damascus Flails as Syrians abroad Queue for COVID-19 Vaccine
Syria Update 25 January 2021 Download PDF Version Damascus Flails as Syrians abroad Queue for COVID-19 Vaccine In Depth Analysis ‘National sovereignty’ is the latest barrier to procurement of the COVID-19 vaccine in Syria, which continues to run up against ill-defined...
Syria Updates – Quamishli Clashes: GoS and SDF Seek Pressure Points
Quamishli Clashes: GoS and SDF Seek Pressure Points Table of Contents In Depth Analysis Whole Of Syria Review Few Changes Expected As FM Deputy Mekdad Steps In For Muallem In A Rare Move, Israel Publicly Claims Responsibility After Bombing The Syrian Army Saudi-Iraqi...
Emboldened Self-Administration bids for greater power
Syria Update 11 January 2021 Download PDF Version Emboldened Self-Administration bids for greater power In Depth Analysis In a barn-burning statement published on 2 January, Ilham Ahmad, co-chair of the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), laid out a bold 2021 agenda for...
Sanctions on Syria’s Central Bank Set Course for a Grim 2021
Syria Update 4 January 2021 Download PDF Version Sanctions on Syria's Central Bank Set Course for a Grim 2021 In Depth Analysis On 22 December, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the Central Bank of Syria in a...
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...
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...
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...
Syrian opposition signals willingness to stand in elections. What does it mean?
Syria Update 30 November 2020 Download PDF Version Syrian opposition signals willingness to stand in elections. What does it mean? In Depth Analysis In a since-halted move that has outraged the entire spectrum of the Syrian opposition, on 19 November, the National...
Changes to military service reflect Damascus’s unrealistic aims, growing socio-economic divide
Syria Update 24 November 2020 Download PDF Version Changes to military service reflect Damascus’s unrealistic aims, growing socio-economic divide In Depth Analysis On 18 November, the Government of Syria Army Command issued two administrative decrees that effectively...
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