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.
It seems as though the Assad regime prefers the return of populations going back to rural areas more than those returning to cities.
Since mid-2021, the Syrian regime has introduced a set of new policies targeting a number of vital sectors.
The April 30, 2022 amnesty decree by Bashar al-Assad was presented as a major, unprecedented step toward a post-conflict phase, but real-world data show that little has changed: the situation in Syria remains dire, with ongoing arrests and detentions that violate legal and humanitarian norms.
