Yarmouk: the generational conflict and the destruction of the defiant community

 ublished in Arabic in The Journal of Palestine Studies (N 103­­)­­

Vienna talks: the powers of war override the forces of peace

Rateb Sha’bo – Tareq Aziza, November 28th 2015 Translated by: Ullin Hope As events connected to the Syrian conflict continue to accelerate, the powers involved have remained unable to unite behind a possible solution. The prospect of what might be gained has continued to whet the appetite of the actors involved, and as a result they have fail ...

The Conflict in the Town of Salamiyah A Model for the Formation of ‘Mafias’ in Syria

Preface Executive Summary This report deals with the present situation in the Ismaili majority town of Salamiyah() four years on from the outbreak of the crisis currently raging in Syria. It is an attempt to understand the changes that have beset the town, the struggles that are taking place in it and the dangers it faces. The paper focuses on how ...

SHIITE MILITIA

Field studies: the impact of the Syrian conflict on society WARLORD’S ERA AND REVIVING OF PROTECTORATES AND TUTELAGES (1) SHIITE MILITIA Work Team Yousef FAKHER EL- DEN, Rateb SHABO, Garib MIRZA Contributers: Humam AL-KHATEEB, Tarek AHMET Manager of the team Yousef FAKHER EL-DEN Consultation: Mr. Anwar AL-BUNNI Head of the the Syrian Center ...

Education in Al-Raqqah under ISIS

Education in Al-Raqqah under ISIS The direct consequences of closing the schools on the future of students Achieved by: Ali Al-AA’Ed Research supervisor: Dr. Youssef SALAMA, the academic director at the Democratic Republic Studies Center. Consultant: Mr. Anwar AL-BUNNI, director of the Syrian Center for Legal Researches and Studies. Abstract Since ...

The lost opportunity of the Syrian opposition powers

The lost opportunity of the Syrian opposition powers AL-RAQQAH: from Al-Assad tyranny to ISIS sword/terror Khalaf Ali Alkhalaf Consultants Mr. Anwar AL-BUNNI, director of the Syrian Center for Legal Researches and Studies. Dr. Youssef SALAMA, the academic director at the Democratic Republic Studies Center. Brief introduction about understanding the ...

 Catastrophic consequences of war economy on Syria

The economy of the Syrian regime was turned, in rapid pace, into a war economy. It was encountered by counter war economies managed by fighting formations. This fact made it quite difficult as well as impractical to discuss the existence of one Syrian economy (a national economy). Data and indications suggest that the regime is financing its was by ...