Actors Positioning in 2019
Introduction With the start of 2019, the Syrian opposition was due for internal fighting between the National Front for Liberation and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) with HTS making every effort to expan...
Analytical Report
The path of the Syrian Constitutional Committee
Inroduction On September 23, 2019, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the formation of the Syrian Constitutional Committee after the approval of the regime and the opposition...
Characterization and Effects of the Syrian Refugee Issue in Lebanon
Introduction By the middle of 2019, the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon had returned to the Lebanese political scene with the rise in populist rhetoric among some of the political parties particip...
The Syrian Scene in 2019
Preface The year 2018 witnessed major changes on the political and field levels. Most of the changed have resulted from the processes that have started in the previous years. Russia and Iran have end...
The Syrian Case In The Turkish Elections
First: Introduction Turkey will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on June 24. The elections were originally due in November 2019; however, President Erdoğan announced early elections la...
The Outcomes of the Syrian Crisis During 2017
Preface The year 2017 has witnessed dramatic changes in the Syrian arena after many years of stability between different forces and actors. The three regional actors (Russia, Turkey, and Iran) have b...
Implications and Dimensions of the Russian Policy toward the De-escalation in Syria
Preface The de-escalation zones agreement from Astana 4 on 4th May 2017 which took place between Russia, Turkey, and Iran, has many significant developments at implementation or text levels. It is...
The Roles and Fate of Military Militias in Al-Assad Regime
Preface Early of 1970s, Hafez Al-Assad regime imposed full control upon the military institution, using the army to seize the power in Syria, spreading the concept that: we used arms to seize...
Possible Scenarios after Controlling Raqqa and Deir Ez-zor
Preface Raqqa was the first governorate to be out of the regime control, also the first governorate to be under full control of ISIS and may become the first governorate to be governed by Americans...
Hezbollah in Syria: What has been achieved in addition to exit mechanism?
Preface Starting of 2012, Hezbollah entered Syrian soil to support Al-Assad forces timidly with preference of concealing its presence on the field during incursions into Syrian cities and towns by...
The French Elections Internal and external policy impacts
Preface Winning the second round of elections in France by Emmanuel Macron, was announced on 7/5/2017 after making a landslide victory against his rival Marine Le Pen with 66.1 %...
Signs of Turkish Escalation Against the People's Protection Units
Introduction Since the establishment of the People's Protection Units (YPG) in 2012, Turkey has insisted that the militia should be classified as a branch of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (P...
