Two years after the end of their mandates in 2018, the formation of new boards of directors of Syrian chambers of commerce in September and October 2020 shows significant changes in the regime’s businessmen networks. These elections saw a rise of businessmen who expanded their economic activitie...
Concerns about the erosion of the ‘taboo’ on chemical weapons use have deepened in recent years, in particular following the chemical weapons attacks that have taken place in the Syrian conflict. The sanctions regime against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons which the EU adopted in O...
On 21 April 2016, the Council of the European Union agreed on the creation of a senior-level policy network, involving all Member States and coordinated by EASO, with the task to carry out a joint assessment and interpretation of the situation in main countries of origin. The network supports EU...
The European Union and its Member States have been at the forefront of the fight against impunity for core international crimes, collectively providing political, technical and financial assistance to international, regional and domestic accountability efforts. Focusing on the current EU framewo...
The shift towards a market-based economy during the early 2000s prompted the Syrian regime to adopt a new flexible framework of authoritarian governance. This flexibility was partially manifested in the government encouraging Syrian civil society to compensate for the gradual state withdrawal fr...
In March 2020, the Syrian Ministry of Health and the administration of Daraa’s National Hospital refuted rumours of cases of Covid-19 and asserted that Daraa governorate was free of the virus. Although the rumours stemmed from insecurity, the growing civilian fear and suffering resulting from Da...
Analysis of the measures adopted by the Syrian government to pilot the restoration and future reconstruction of Aleppo shows a project-based response rather than an overall plan. The partial and controlled communication of damage estimates realised by the General Company for Engineering and Cons...
In July 2018, the Syrian regime recaptured Daraa governorate in southern Syria. This proclaimed victory was built on two different strategies adopted to lead the rebels to surrender: a use of armed force and Russian-led negotiations. These two fundamentally divergent approaches demarcated differ...
The physical and economic destruction caused by the conflict has significantly affected state institutions and its capacity to deliver services, compared to the years prior to 2011. Currently, the Syrian government lacks the ability to improve the socio-economic situation for large sectors of th...
