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التمديد للأسد رئيساً… لماذا ومن أجل ماذا؟ 11/01/2021 لتحميل النسخة الالكترونية لتحميل النسخة الالكترونية التمديد للأسد رئيساً… لماذا ومن أجل ماذا؟ مطلع 2020 انصبّت التوقّعات في كل الدوائر الجدّية، وبعضٌ منها غير معادٍ لبشار الأسد، على أن نهاية مساره باتت قريبة، بل وشيكة، استناداً الى خيارات روسية، كما قيل. لكنه اجتاز عام الوباء، وها هو […]
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 year-end salvo. The latest round of sanctions specifically “aims to […]
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 […]
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 Coalition of Syrian Opposition and Revolutionary Forces (SNC) announced the formation of a […]
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 terminate military service for certain classes of reservists, effective 1 February 2021. The orders apply to: Syrian Arab […]
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 voters in the 3 November presidential election. Barring unforeseen intervention […]
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 limits on spending. The Government of Syria also made a number of policy changes […]
