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ECRE Policy Note: Maintaining International Protection in Europe during Syria’s Transition
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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March 20, 2025
ECRE has published a policy note which provides analysis of the EU’s role in supporting transition in Syria while maintaining international protection in Europe. It supports EU coordination and guidance on the treatment of refugees from Syria in...
Reimagining Syria: A Roadmap for Peace and Prosperity Beyond Assad
Middle East Institute
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March 13, 2025
Executive Summary For more than a decade, Syria’s crisis has caused unimaginable suffering inside the country and a constant stream of strategically significant negative spillover effects across the Middle East and globally. For much of that time,...
Life for Relief and Development (LIFE) Provides Humanitarian Hope for Over Two Decades in Syria
EIN Presswire
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February 25, 2025
Since 2004, Life for Relief and Development (LIFE) has been Providing Hope in Syria through Various Humanitarian Efforts SOUTHFIELD, MI, UNITED STATES, February 25, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Life for Relief and Development (LIFE) has been a...
Exploring the Middle East’s Climate Crisis through the Lens of Policy and Art
Middle East Institute
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March 4, 2025
Join us for a conversation about the climate crisis in the Middle East; its impact on resources and communities; and the role that regional artists and civil society actors are playing in helping encourage greater public awareness and activism....
Will Damascus-SDF negotiations lead to agreement or escalation?
Middle East Institute
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January 25, 2025
It is becoming apparent that negotiations between the new leadership in Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) face significant obstacles due to disagreements over military structure and administrative demands. These issues reflect the...
Security in Alawite regions in post-Assad Syria
Middle East Institute
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January 22, 2025
Syria’s first post-Assad protests broke out on Dec. 25 after a video claiming to show the destruction of an Alawite shrine spread rapidly across Facebook. The video was quickly debunked as several weeks old, the shrine only partially damaged, and...
Syria: Twinning the judiciary and Forensic to Serve Humanity
International Committee of the Red Cross
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October 13, 2024
Events like the Judicial Forensic Conference are key components of this ongoing collaboration, aimed at developing a sustainable, well-established, and effective system for managing forensic issues, particularly in the aftermath of conflict,...
Dutch Special Envoy for Syria meets with interim government in Damascus
Netherlands - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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January 5, 2025
NETHERLANDS, January 5 - News item | 05-01-2025 | 18:03 The Netherlands’ Special Envoy for Syria, Gijs Gerlag, visited Damascus on 2 and 4 January 2025. His programme included a meeting with the new interim government led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham...
UK–Germany ‘alliance’ draws sharp skepticism
MENAFN
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July 23, 2025
(MENAFN) The recent UK–Germany agreement, known as the Kensington Treaty, has drawn sharp skepticism, with critics calling it a hollow gesture rather than a meaningful alliance. Observers argue that trusting Britain as a reliable partner is naïve,...
Governing the day after in Syria
Middle East Institute
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December 19, 2024
On Dec. 8, 2024, Bashar al-Assad’s regime fell. This is a fact, but it woefully understates the enormity, speed, and consequences of what has transpired. The brutal dictatorship that ruled Syria for more than 50 years disintegrated in fewer than...
EDITORIAL: Syria in the headlines; undermining the right to asylum in the background
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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December 13, 2024
By Catherine Woollard While Europe grappled with the momentous events in Syria, other developments this week may also have a lasting impact on refugees in Europe. As well as a heavy agenda at and in the margins of the Justice and Home Affairs...
Assad and Hezbollah hunker down in Syria
Middle East Institute
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November 16, 2024
This article is part of an MEI strategic initiative that examines how to enhance regional cooperation between the United States and its partners on addressing the challenges posed by Iran across the region, particularly in key areas like Lebanon,...
Inside Damascus's Reconstruction Lab: Navigating the Framework of Return and Recovery
Middle East Institute
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November 1, 2024
Ten Takeaways In the aftermath of the regime’s consolidation of control over Damascus in 2018, no comprehensive framework for the return of displaced people and rehabilitation of conflict-affected areas has been applied. Instead, decisions have...
Disaster Recovery Center in Damascus, Va. will Open on Oct. 7
FEMA
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October 5, 2024
BRISTOL, Va.– A Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) will be opening in Washington County at 736 North Beaver Dam Avenue on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024 at 8 a.m. Disaster survivors residing in Galax as well as Giles, Grayson, Montgomery, Pulaski, Smyth,...
Rewilding through art: Prize-winning creations début in new exhibition at Canadian Museum of Nature
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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October 10, 2024
OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Step into a world where art and nature intertwine. Rewilding – the David Suzuki Foundation Arts Prize is a new exhibition on display at the Canadian Museum of Nature from October 11, 2024, to...
A Diary from a Humanitarian Worker in Syria: Bearing Witness to a Forgotten Crisis
Oxfam
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August 19, 2024
Our team drove through Harasta today, a town near the capital of Damascus that has witnessed heavy destruction. The scene of buildings with their roofs collapsed to the ground had become all too familiar. Piles of rubble stretch as far as the eye...
BRICS Denounces Recent Middle East Conflicts
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN) The BRICS nations strongly condemned the assaults on Iran, acts of terrorism in Syria, and Israel’s ongoing occupation of Syrian land. Additionally, they reaffirmed that Gaza is an "inseparable" part of Palestine. In a unified statement...
DR. ERIKA WICHRO SELECTED FOR TOP INSPIRATIONAL LEADER OF THE YEAR IN HEALTH BY IAOTP
EIN Presswire
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July 17, 2025
Dr. Erika Wichro will be honored at the International Association of Top Professionals annual awards gala in Las Vegas NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, July 17, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Dr. Erika Wichro, MPH, MA, MAS, Global Health Expert and...
Israel Engages in Secret Talks with Russia
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN) Israel has reportedly conducted covert discussions with Russia regarding Iran and Syria during a pause in hostilities agreed upon with Tehran, according to a report released Wednesday. A state broadcaster indicated that Tel Aviv has...
From Gaza to Africa: Equalall widens its Urgent Global Fundraising Drive to Support Crisis-Affected Communities in Africa
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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July 1, 2025
SAN DIEGO, July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Equalall, a rapidly growing non-profit organization established in 2024, today announced a major global call for donations to provide critical support to individuals and families suffering from ongoing...