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Title:Water scarcity, mismanagement and pollution in Syria Author(s):DAHER, Joseph
Date:2022Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Middle East Directions (MED); 2022/10; Wartime and Post-Conflict in SyriaAbstract:This study examines the impacts of water scarcity and pollution on the agricultural sector and the population in Syria. It also explores the consequences of the destruction of and damage to water infrastructure caused by ...
Date:2022Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Middle East Directions (MED); 2022/10; Wartime and Post-Conflict in SyriaAbstract:This study examines the impacts of water scarcity and pollution on the agricultural sector and the population in Syria. It also explores the consequences of the destruction of and damage to water infrastructure caused by ...
Title:On the edge of the capital : social engineering in north-eastern Damascusعلى تخوم دمشق: الهندسة الاجتماعية بين العاصمة ومحيطها Author(s):EZZI, MazenDate:2021Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Middle East Directions (MED); 2021/16; Wartime and Post-Conflict in SyriaAbstract:For much of the war in Syria, the north-eastern edge of Damascus was a site of continuous armed conflict between the regime and the opposition, as well as a point of tension between Damascus and Eastern Ghouta. Throughout ...
Date:2021Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Middle East Directions (MED); 2021/16; Wartime and Post-Conflict in SyriaAbstract:For much of the war in Syria, the north-eastern edge of Damascus was a site of continuous armed conflict between the regime and the opposition, as well as a point of tension between Damascus and Eastern Ghouta. Throughout ...
Title:Tribal ‘sulh’ and the politics of persuasion in volatile southern Syria Author(s):AL-JABASSINI, Abdullah; EZZI, MazenDate:2021Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Middle East Directions (MED); 2021/04; Wartime and Post-Conflict in SyriaAbstract:Over the last few years, increasing political and criminal violence has dominated narratives emerging from Daraa and Sweida governorates in southern Syria. In their own localities, however, local notables have not been ...
; EZZI, MazenDate:2021Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Middle East Directions (MED); 2021/04; Wartime and Post-Conflict in SyriaAbstract:Over the last few years, increasing political and criminal violence has dominated narratives emerging from Daraa and Sweida governorates in southern Syria. In their own localities, however, local notables have not been ...
Title:The private banking sector in Syria : between survival and opportunity Author(s):DAHER, JosephDate:2021Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Middle East Directions (MED); 2021/07; Wartime and Post-Conflict in SyriaAbstract:This study analyses the evolution of the private banking sector in Syria and the challenges and obstacles it faces after a decade of conflict with an eye to understanding the role the sector could play in the country’s ...
Date:2021Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Middle East Directions (MED); 2021/07; Wartime and Post-Conflict in SyriaAbstract:This study analyses the evolution of the private banking sector in Syria and the challenges and obstacles it faces after a decade of conflict with an eye to understanding the role the sector could play in the country’s ...
Title:The Baath party, local notables and coronavirus community response initiatives in southern Syria Author(s):AL-JABASSINI, AbdullahDate:2020Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Middle East Directions (MED); Wartime and Post-conflict in Syria; 2020/08Abstract: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 ...
Date:2020Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Middle East Directions (MED); Wartime and Post-conflict in Syria; 2020/08Abstract: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 ...
Title:State institutions and regime networks as service providers in Syria Author(s):DAHER, JosephDate:2020Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Middle East Directions (MED); 2020/10Abstract:The significant level of physical and economic destruction in Syria has impacted the capacity of the state and its institutions to deliver services, which is much lower than prior to 2011. The Syrian government currently ...
Date:2020Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Middle East Directions (MED); 2020/10Abstract:The significant level of physical and economic destruction in Syria has impacted the capacity of the state and its institutions to deliver services, which is much lower than prior to 2011. The Syrian government currently ...