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Title:Local elections : is Syria moving to reassert central control?الانتخابات المحلية : هل تتّجه سوريا نحو إعادة إحكام السيطرة المركزية؟ Author(s):FAVIER, Agnes
; KOSTRZ, Marie
Date:2019Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Middle East Directions (MED); 2019/03; Wartime and Post-Conflict in SyriaAbstract: of the Baath party, the regime’s traditional tool of local level mobilization and social control, and the promotion of those who had remained loyal during the conflict. How these local administrations, now benefiting from ...


Title:From rebel rule to a post-capitulation era in Daraa Southern Syria : the impacts and outcomes of rebel behaviour during negotiations Author(s):AL-JABASSINI, Abdullah
Date:2019Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2019/06; Middle East Directions (MED); Wartime and Post-Conflict in SyriaAbstract:In June 2018, the Syrian Arab Army launched a military campaign that aimed at ending rebel rule and restoring territorial control over Daraa and Quneitra governorates southern Syria. This research presents a wide-range of ...

Title:Syria’s manufacturing sector : the model of economic recovery in question Author(s):DAHER, Joseph
Date:2019Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Middle East Directions (MED); Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria; 2019/08Abstract:The article seeks to analyse the situation of the Syria’s manufacturing sector which could be a key element to the stability of the economy despite its relatively small size in terms of its weight in the Syrian GDP. The ...

Title:The Druze of Sweida : the return of the Regime Hinges on regional and local conflicts Author(s):AL-LABABIDI, MahmoudDate:2019Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; Middle East Directions (MED); Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria; 2019/12Abstract:Since 2011, the Druze of Sweida have witnessed a state of chaos and anxiety, a decline in the role of the middle class and their traditional and political leaders, and serious exposure to regional interference. In early ...
Title:Governance in Daraa, southern Syria : the roles of military and civilian intermediaries Author(s):AL-JABASSINI, Abdullah
Date:2019Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Middle East Directions (MED); Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria; 2019/15Abstract:In July 2018, the Syrian Arab Army launched a military campaign and restored territorial control over Daraa governorate after a subsequent Russian-brokered negotiation. Based on interviews with ex-rebels, 8th Brigade ...

Title:Facets of Syrian regime authority in Eastern Ghouta Author(s):AL-RA’I, NinarDate:2019Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Middle East Directions (MED); Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria; 2019/11Abstract:This study aims to analyse the social, political and security policies through which the Syrian regime is attempting to reassert its authority in Eastern Ghouta more than a year after it regained military control over the ...
Title:The deep roots of the depreciation of the Syrian pound Author(s):DAHER, Joseph
Date:2019Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Middle East Directions (MED); Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria; 2019/18Abstract:This article seeks to analyse the reasons for the depreciation of the Syrian Pound (SYP) since mid-March 2011. The study first provides an overview of the structural economic roots of the depreciation of the national ...

Title:From insurgents to soldiers : the fifth assault corps in Daraa, southern Syria Author(s):AL-JABASSINI, Abdullah
Date:2019Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Middle East Directions (MED); Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria; 2019/09Abstract:In July 2018, the Russian-brokered negotiations in Daraa governorate in southern Syria led rebels to capitulate. Embedded in the negotiations was Russia’s aim to integrate former rebels into the Fifth Assault Corps (FAC) ...

Title:Iran in Deir ez-Zor : strategy, expansion, and opportunities Author(s):AWAD, ZiadDate:2019Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; Middle East Directions (MED); Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria; 2019/05Abstract:Since late 2017, Iran has deployed militias affiliated to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in areas west of the Euphrates River and parts of the region to its east in the governorate of Deir ez-Zor, which was ...
Title:Cultivating a crisis : the political decline of agriculture in Syria Author(s):MADI, NazierDate:2019Type:Technical ReportSeries/Number:Middle East Directions (MED); Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria; 2019/17Abstract:This paper details the political order which attempted to engineer a new economic and social drive in the decade preceding the 2011 uprising, highlighting the key policies, agencies and actors. It also examines how government ...