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What Biden’s win means for the Syria response
Syria Update 16 November 2020 Download PDF Version What Biden’s win means for the Syria response In Depth Analysis Having failed to convince American voters that he had lived up to his promise to make America great again, U.S. President Donald Trump was repudiated by...
Hungry for revenues, and Assad Blames the Businessmen
Syria Update 9 November 2020 Download PDF Version Hungry for revenues, and Assad Blames the Businessmen In Depth Analysis Over the past week, the Syrian parliament has continued to discuss the government proposed budget for 2021, outlining new revenue streams and...
Russia pushes dead-end returns conference
Syria Update 2 November 2020 Download PDF Version Russia pushes dead-end returns conference In Depth Analysis On 29 October, a Russian delegation headed by special envoy Alexander Lavrentiev visited Damascus to further Moscow’s plans for a two-day international...
No hasty retreat: Turkey moves stranded northwest outposts
Syria Update 26 October 2020 Download PDF Version No hasty retreat: Turkey moves stranded northwest outposts In Depth Analysis On 19 October, Turkey reportedly relocated the largest of its besieged military observation points from Murak in north rural Hama toward...
Fire on the coast: Damascus vows support — but not much
Syria Update 19 October 2020 Download PDF Version Fire on the coast: Damascus vows support — but not much In Depth Analysis Devastating wildfires have ravaged the Syrian coast, consuming an estimated 9,000 hectares of olive and fruit orchards, mountain scrubland,...
Self-Administration vows to empty Al-Hol camp
Syria Update 12 October 2020 Download PDF Version Self-Administration vows to empty Al-Hol camp In Depth Analysis On 5 October, the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), the political arm of the Self-Administration, declared its intention to clear and release all the...
Draft budget: The Syrian state continues to shrink
Syria Update 5 October 2020 Download PDF Version Draft budget: The Syrian state continues to shrink In Depth Analysis On 28 September, the High Council of Economic and Social Planning approved the draft 2021 general budget submitted by Prime Minister Hussain Arnous....
The Syrian economy at war: Armed group mobilization as livelihood and protection strategy
The Syrian economy at war Armed group mobilization as livelihood and protection strategy 30 September 2020 This is the first in a series of brief papers intended as primers on understudied aspects of Syria’s profound economic deterioration. In nearly a decade of...
PYD-KNC peace talks: Whither peace in Syria’s northeast?
Syria Update 28 September 2020 Download PDF Version PYD-KNC peace talks: Whither peace in Syria’s northeast? In Depth Analysis Following nearly a year of glacial progress, drawn out unity talks between two rival Syrian Kurdish political parties have reportedly reached...
Fuel shortage, bread crisis signal state failure in Syria
Syria Update 21 September 2020 Download PDF Version Fuel shortage, bread crisis signal state failure in Syria In Depth Analysis Government-held Syria is in the midst of a crippling fuel crisis — evidently triggered by an acute oil shortage — the likes of which it has...
Lavrov touts Russia’s primacy in Damascus visit
Syria Update 14 September 2020 Download PDF Version Lavrov touts Russia’s primacy in Damascus visit In Depth Analysis On 6-7 September, a high-level Russian delegation traveled to Damascus to meet with Syria’s top civilian leadership, including President Bashar...
Clawing back influence in the northeast, Russia brokers SDC-People’s Will Party agreement
Syria Update 7 September 2020 Table Of Contents Download PDF Version Clawing back influence in the northeast, Russia brokers SDC-People’s Will Party agreement In Depth Analysis On 31 August, media sources reported that a delegation of top Syrian Democratic Council...
Self-Administration steps back from negotiations, as attacks step up across the northeast
Syria Update 31 August 2020 Table Of Contents Download PDF Version Self-Administration steps back from negotiations, as attacks step up across the northeast In Depth Analysis Tensions are simmering across northeast Syria as senior Kurdish political leadership...
Cry Havoc: Assassinations Spark Anti-SDF Backlash
Syria Update 17 August 2020 Table Of Contents Download PDF Version Cry Havoc: Assassinations Spark Anti-SDF Backlash In Depth Analysis On 2 August, Sheikh Matsher Hammod Al Hafl of the Ekeidat (Ageidat) tribe was assassinated by unknown gunmen alongside his driver...
Southern strategy: Russia is up. Is Damascus down?
Syria Update 3 August 2020 Table Of Contents Download PDF Version Southern strategy: Russia is up. Is Damascus down? In Depth Analysis On 28 July, 5th Corps fighters erupted into a public demonstration against the Government of Syria during a graduation ceremony for...
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