نقطة اللاعودة؟ توصيات في قضايا اللجوء واللاجئين بين الدنمارك ودمشق
[dflip id=”55625″][/dflip] مقدمة برزت قضايا عودة اللاجئين السوريين وإعادة توطينهم إلى الواجهة منذ شهر شباط/فبراير ٢٠٢١ نتيجة للتغييرات في إجراءات لجوء السوريين في الدنمارك. مصدر هذه التغيرات قرارُ الحكومة الدنماركية بأن دمشق “آمنة” لعودة اللاجئين والذي سوّغ تعليق صفة الحماية المؤقتة لبعض اللاجئين الدمشقيين – الخطوة الأولى لترحيلهم من الدنمارك في نهاية المطاف. تعزز النقاش […]
Al-Assad ‘Wins’ Re-Election with 95.1% of The Vote. Now What?
In-Depth Analysis On 28 May, Syria’s parliamentary speaker, Hammouda Sabbagh, declared that Bashar al-Assad won 95.1 percent of the vote in the country’s 26 May presidential election. Al-Assad’s grip on the office was never seriously at stake in the election, despite the participation of two little-known challengers. The outcome delivers the embattled sitting president his […]
Northeast Syria Social Tensions and Stability Monitoring: April Update
[dflip id=”55533″][/dflip] Introduction This is the second report in an ongoing pilot study by COAR to monitor stability and social tensions in northeast Syria. Data collected and verified by COAR field researchers has been classified and analysed according to a broad set of indicators. This brief report assesses data collected in April 2021. As […]
Amid Violence, Syria’s Presidential Election Kicks off in Lebanon
In-Depth Analysis Intercommunal tensions between Syrians and the host community in Lebanon reached a troubling flashpoint on 20 May amid violent partisan attacks on Syrians participating from abroad in their country’s presidential election. Multiple video clips circulated on social media showing groups of Lebanese violently confronting Syrians — in some cases hurling stones and smashing […]
Out to Sea: Mediterranean Migration, Return, and Syrians’ Continuing Plight
In-Depth Analysis On 10 May, the Guardian reported that Syrian asylum-seekers were among the 2,000 migrants to arrive by boat in the preceding 24 hours in Lampedusa, an Italian island nestled between the Tunisian coast and the island nation of Malta. The following day, Lebanese authorities reportedly intercepted a boat attempting to smuggle 59 Syrians […]
No Peace for the Dammed: Alarming Water Scarcity in Northeast Syria
In-Depth Analysis Marking yet another alarming episode in an increasingly worrying trend, the waters of the Euphrates River have declined to critically low levels. Drops measured in the past ten days range from three meters at the Euphrates Dam to five meters in the vicinity of Ar-Raqqa. Levels have reached such lows that the hydroelectric […]
HDP Nexus | Community Assessment: At-Tall
INTRODUCTION Syrian front lines have seldom mirrored nation state boundaries at which discrete administrative, legal, and economic subtleties collide. At-Tall was among many examples of the tangled cross-line governance that has instead characterised the conflict, and it remains a typically complex operating environment for humanitarian and development agencies now it has returned to full government […]
HDP Nexus | Community Assessment: Al-Waer
INTRODUCTION Over the centuries, the Greeks, Romans and Ottomans have each been drawn to Homs, leaving their own indelible marks on the city’s cultural, political, and architectural landscape. Homs was not only a physical museum for this rich history, but an incubator for the combination of these societies into one of Syria’s most diverse and […]
HDP Nexus Community Assessment: Dar’a
INTRODUCTION It is often with good reason that Dar’a is invariably described as the ‘cradle of the Syrian revolution. Displays of anti-government sentiment were widespread in 2011, and even today — over two years since reconciliation — semi-autonomous rebel groups still patrol the city’s southern neighbourhoods of Dar’a Al-Balad. Convention seldom captures nuance however, and […]
