Syria

Order from Chaos

How to leverage trade concessions to improve refugee self-reliance and host community resilience

Kemal Kirişci

Sunday, December 15, 2019

Kurdish fighters gesture while carrying their parties' flags in Tel Abyad of Raqqa governorate after they said they took control of the area June 15, 2015. Syrian Kurdish-led forces said they had captured a town at the Turkish border from Islamic State on Monday, driving it away from the frontier in an advance backed by U.S.-led air strikes that has thrust deep into the jihadists' Syria stronghold. The capture of Tel Abyad by the Kurdish YPG and smaller Syrian rebel groups means the Syrian Kurds effectively control some 400 km (250 miles) of the Syrian-Turkish border that has been a conduit for foreign fighters joining Islamic State. Picture taken June 15, 2015. REUTERS/Rodi Said TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - GF10000129146

Order from Chaos

ISIS and the false dawn of Kurdish statehood

Ömer Taşpınar

Friday, December 13, 2019

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Order from Chaos

What can we learn from the escalating Israeli raids in Syria?

Eyal Tsir Cohen and Kevin Huggard

Friday, December 6, 2019

Palestinian-Syrian refugee Ahmed, 27, his future wife Hanin, 18, and Hanin's mother Turki visit a pastry shop the day before their engagement party in Kilis, Turkey, March 10, 2017. Ahmed's and Hanin's journey started amid Syria's conflict and brought the two Palestinians from their homes in Damascus' suburbs to Turkey. They were introduced in the winter of 2017. As they lived in different cities, they texted for months before Ahmed took a 20-hour bus trip from Izmir to the border town of Kilis to meet her, which led to their engagement. REUTERS/Ekaterina Anchevskaya SEARCH "SYRIA MIGRANTS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC1460F5A5A0

Future Development

Turkey’s Syrian refugees—the welcome fades

Omer Karasapan

Monday, November 25, 2019

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Syria

A 10-degree shift in Syria strategy

Ranj Alaaldin, Jason Fritz, Steven Heydemann, Bruce Jones, and Michael E. O’Hanlon

September 2018

Syria

Beyond fragility: Syria and the challenges of reconstruction in fierce states

Steven Heydemann

June 2018

People walk with their belongings as they flee the rebel-held town of Hammouriyeh, in the village of Beit Sawa, eastern Ghouta, Syria March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

Report

Writing atrocities: Syrian civil society and transitional justice

Noha Aboueldahab

Monday, May 7, 2018

Turkey

The West’s Turkey conundrum

Amanda Sloat

February 2018

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Enigma: The anatomy of Israel’s intelligence failure almost 45 years ago

Bruce Riedel

September 25, 2017

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A convoy of U.S. vehicles is seen after withdrawing from northern Syria, on the outskirts of Dohuk, Iraq, October 21, 2019. REUTERS/Ari Jalal TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC115088E3F0

Order from Chaos

How to salvage Syria and protect US troops

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, November 18, 2019

A smoke cloud rises moments after an air strike on the compound of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in the Idlib region of Syria in a still image from video October 26, 2019. Video picture taken October 26, 2019. U.S. Department of Defense/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC179130A4B0

Order from Chaos

What we can learn about US intelligence from the Baghdadi raid

Eyal Tsir Cohen and Eliora Katz

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Demonstrators wave Lebanese flags as the pass by Lebanese soldiers during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, October 31, 2019. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic - RC116FDD2CA0

Order from Chaos

With Lebanon making fragile progress, now is the wrong time to pull US assistance

Jeffrey Feltman

Friday, November 1, 2019

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President Trump’s mad dash out of Syria

Scott R. Anderson

Thursday, December 20, 2018

Men walk through debris in the center of Afrin, Syria March 24, 2018. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi - RC1850B1E4F0

Podcast Episode

The politics of reconstruction in Syria

Steven Heydemann, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Syria

What are the United States’ options in Syria?

Ranj Alaaldin

Thursday, April 26, 2018

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How to leverage trade concessions to improve refugee self-reliance and host community resilience

ISIS and the false dawn of Kurdish statehood

What can we learn from the escalating Israeli raids in Syria?

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A 10-degree shift in Syria strategy

Beyond fragility: Syria and the challenges of reconstruction in fierce states

Writing atrocities: Syrian civil society and transitional justice

The West’s Turkey conundrum

Enigma: The anatomy of Israel’s intelligence failure almost 45 years ago

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How to salvage Syria and protect US troops

What we can learn about US intelligence from the Baghdadi raid

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