Publications
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Housing in Syria: A Chronic Crisis Exacerbated by War
Executive Summary: This report traces the chronology of the housing crisis in Syria, which began decades ago as a result of governmental neglect, the absence of effective planning, outdated legislation, and institutions burdened by suffocating bureaucracy. The crisis was further…
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Syrian Investments in Türkiye: Between Waiting and Returning
Executive Summary: This paper addresses the orientations of Syrian businessmen in Türkiye during the transitional phase that followed the fall of the Assad regime, considering them as one of the key economic actors capable of influencing the course of Syria’s…
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Analytical Policy Paper on Electricity Pricing in Syria
Executive Summary: This policy paper examines the problem of rising electricity bills in Syria as a recurring challenge in contexts where governments attempt to secure local revenues for public services amid severe economic and social fragility. The paper demonstrates that…
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Scenarios for Initiating Criminal Trials in Syria: Between Reliance on International Treaties and Waiting for a National Legislative Framework
Executive Summary: This report addresses the challenge of initiating criminal trials in Syria following the fall of the Assad regime, in the context of evident legal gaps and the absence of a comprehensive national legislative framework for transitional justice. It…
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Political Exclusion as a Guarantee of Non-Recurrence of Violations in Syria: Proposed Determinants in Light of International Practices
Executive Summary: In most countries undergoing post-conflict transitions after authoritarian rule and the rise of change forces, critical questions emerge regarding political exclusion (lustration) as one of the preventive mechanisms of transitional justice. Such mechanisms are intended to safeguard the…
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Reforming Transport Infrastructure in Syria: A Long and Complex Path Marked by Urgent Priorities
Executive Summary: This report aims to present a comprehensive chronological overview of the crises affecting Syria’s transport sector across its four components: road, maritime, air, and rail transport. It begins by highlighting decades of governmental neglect and entrenched institutional corruption…
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Assessing the Roles of Iran, Russia, and “Israel” on the Syrian Coast
Executive Summary: This report examines the recent wave of tension along the Syrian coast within the context of the intersection between mobilization by remnants of the former regime and sectarian polarization that followed the bombing at the Ali Mosque in…
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“Disappearance” or “Abduction”? “Security Breakdown” or “Systematic Policy”? Incidents of Women’s Abduction after Liberation
Executive Summary: This paper examines the issue of disappearances in Syria following the fall of the Assad regime as a highly sensitive file in which security, political, social, and media dimensions intersect, and which has been re-instrumentalized within contexts of…
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After the Homs Bombing and Coastal Protests: Who Is Behind Attempts to Ignite Sectarian Strife in Syria?
Executive Summary: The bombing of the Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque in Homs occurred within a broader pattern of efforts to escalate tensions in Syria. The attack was claimed by an obscure group calling itself “Saraya Ansar al-Sunna.” This report…
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Syria and the “Israeli” Threat: Between Shifts in the Regional Security Environment, Coercive Pressures, and Response Options
Executive Summary: Syria today finds itself at the heart of a turbulent regional environment in which balances of power are shifting at an unprecedented pace. Within this context, the rise of increasingly extremist currents inside “Israel” has elevated the level…
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