How Assad is embracing change to maintain the status quo The word “transition” has never been welcomed in Damascus as it is synonymous with “regime change”. The Russians suppressed its use in the drafting process of UNSCR 2254, and the…
A one-time financial grant with an amount of 300,000 SYP to all the civilian and military state employees and the pensioners. Bashar al-Assad, head of the Syrian regime, issued Legislative Decree 17 of 2024, granting a one-time financial bonus of 300,000 SYP to…
On September 3, 2023, Bashar al-Assad announced Legislative Decree 32 of 2023(1), which nullified Legislative Decree 109 of 1968 and its subsequent amendments. Which eventually had established the Military Field Court(2). With this new decree, all ongoing cases will be transferred to…
Summary A new travel agency with offices in Damascus and Dubai recently announced direct flights from Damascus to European cities for the first time in over a decade. Our research reveals that the agency and its Greece-based “exclusive” partner airline…
As a response to the Syrian uprising in 2011 and the bloody events that followed, the United States, United Kingdom, and several European countries blacklisted many Syrian regime officials who had been involved in mass human rights violations in Syria. These countries barred these…
In war-torn Syria, Bashar Al-Assad’s regime has exploited conscription to control the society and extract financial resources. This further impoverishes the society while favoring corruption and the president’s centralization efforts.
Giriş 2011 yılında patlak veren Suriye’deki iç savaş, bugüne değin Esed rejimi tarafından ilan edilen “af kararları” özelinde Türkiye’deki kamuoyu tarafından ilgiyle takip edilmektedir. Bazı kesimler, Esed rejiminin söz konusu af kararları ile Suriyeli sığınmacılara ve hatta Suriye’deki Suriyeli muhaliflere…
The devastating earthquake will be a tipping point in modern history, where a large number of Syrians and Turks—myself included—will remember it as one in which many of their loved ones lost their lives.
Executive summary Introduction The problem of syria’s public sector salaries, both civilian and military, is one of the chronic problems with historical roots extending back half a century. During the era of Hafez al-Assad, public sector employees experienced long consecutive…
It seems as though the Assad regime prefers the return of populations going back to rural areas more than those returning to cities.
