Economies of Syria: Four Heads for a Weary Body
28 June 2024
The Syrian economy's collapse has led residents to rely heavily on aid and remittances from Syrian refugees and migrants. This has prompted the Syrian regime to implement sporadic measures to...
Wombs Under Collapse: On Abortion in Lebanon
13 May 2024
Abortion is criminalized in Lebanon; performing it illegally became more and more costly and unsafe, after the economic collapse that destroyed the purchasing power of citizens and refugees.
‘Hostages’ of Assad under the Caesar Act
16 July 2020
After nearly 10 years of war, dilemmas over how the newest—and toughest—US sanctions impact everyday Syrians are hardly new, writes Maher Mas’ud.
Law No. 10: Property, Lawfare, and New Social Order in Syria
26 July 2018
Starting in 2011, Bashar al-Assad’s government has passed a number of laws that undermined the status of the displaced population, preventing many from claiming title to land that was once...
Assad Regime Still Reliant on Fractions of the Sunni Bourgeoisie
21 December 2017
Although a new generation of Sunni businessmen emerged as others left the country in the wake of the uprising in 2011, the complex network of relations between the power elite,...
Will China Get the Lion Share in Syria Reconstruction?
16 September 2017
Eugenio Dacrema analyses the variables of Chinese involvement in the Syrian reconstruction. Silently and calmly, Syria and the Middle East are likely to become soon much more Chinese than they...
