Media Manipulation: How HTS Crafts and Disseminates its Propaganda Messages
Formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra, HTS has maneuvered through the complex challenges of the Syrian conflict and undergone discursive and organizational metamorphoses. It has pragmatically…
Suwayda Protests and Expected Scenarios
The Suwayda uprising bears a multifaceted significance. Despite arising in response to worsening living conditions, it has not manifested solely as a hunger-driven revolution; its…
Lessons to be learnt from the Syrian Revolution and lessons which should have been learnt long before
The Syrian regime was wrong in committing so much excessive violence, including its bloody suppression of the demonstrations and its ruthless violent suppression of any…
Is International Law Irrelevant In Protecting Refugees and Migrants?
— When the EU lets refugees and migrants drown in the Mediterranean, and the UN lets thousands of Syrians – including women and children –…
Türkiye’deki Seçimlerin Suriyelilere ve Suriyelilerin Meselelerine Yansımaları
Suriye meselesi, Türkiye dahil olmak üzere uluslararası ve bölgesel aktörlerin elinde olmuştur. Dolayısıyla Türkiye’nin diğer aktörlerle ve bu aktörlerin Suriye meselesindeki politikalarıyla ilişkisi, Türkiye’nin Suriye…
Saudi-Iran détente opens doors for Assad
The agreement in March by Saudi Arabia and Iran to restore ties after nine years appears to mark a shift in regional diplomacy. While Riyadh…
No accountability for some worst atrocities since the Holocaust has allowed Assad to turn Syria into a Narco-State
Why is the world ignoring how President Bashar al-Assad has turned Syria into a narco-state? This was the question addressed in one of the most…
While the UN and EU put Damascus in charge of distributing the aid, affected Syrians run the other way
The hardest hit areas by the earthquake in Syria are the northern Aleppo province and Idlib. We visited both this month. Jinderes, in southern Afrin,…
Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and the Aftershocks of the Earthquake
The aim of the Syrian uprising was not to replace a seemingly secular dictator with an Islamist one. The problem was and is authoritarianism. The…
Elections in Turkey: A New Policy and the Return of Syrians
Millions of Syrians have fled their country since the crisis began in 2011. Individual reasons for leaving vary, though ultimately many feared for their safety…
