Apprehension in Turkey’s labor market as Syrians return home
As Syrians return home, Turkey is losing cheap labor and small businesses, sparking apprehension about the future of the country’s labor market.
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05, 2025
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05, 2025
Extrajudicial killings of Alawites plague Homs city
As transitional justice remains out of reach, hundreds of extrajudicial killings—predominantly of Alawites—have taken place in central Syria since the start of the year, with state security forces accused of involvement in some cases.
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05, 2025
As tensions run high, will Suwayda’s security agreement hold?
After a short-lived period of calm, clashes returned to Suwayda province on Tuesday, raising questions about the durability of a recent security agreement and the risk of a new wave of violence in southern Syria.
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05, 2025
Escalation and appeals for calm: Is civil peace crumbling in Syria’s Druze communities?
This week’s violence in Druze-majority Jaramana and Sahnaya reignited longstanding questions surrounding civil peace and the impact of sectarian violence on social cohesion in Syria.
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04, 2025
‘Afrin belongs to its people’: More Kurds return to Afrin, while others wait for guarantees
Returns to Afrin increased following agreements between the SDF and Damascus, with some villages seeing more than 80 percent of their displaced Kurdish residents return. Others are waiting for an organized return with security guarantees.
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04, 2025
Aid cuts deepen waste and water crisis in Syria’s northern camps
Aid cuts have deepened a water and sanitation crisis impacting hundreds of internal displacement camps in northwestern Syria, where humanitarian organizations have long provided essential services.
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04, 2025
Fleeting recovery: Reef Dimashq struggles as markets stagnate
Following an initial burst of activity when the regime fell and displaced people returned, markets in Reef Dimashq are faltering and facing new challenges.
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04, 2025
Shaking hands: Will the Counter-Terrorism Court’s Ammar Bilal escape accountability?
A photo of Syrian Minister of Justice Mazhar al-Wais shaking hands with Judge Ammar Bilal—the former chief prosecutor at the Assad regime’s infamous Counter-Terrorism Court—ignited a firestorm on Syrian social media last week.
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04, 2025
Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri’s journey: From obedience to opposition?
It took years for Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri to move from outward support for the Assad regime to cautious criticism and finally open opposition. With the new authorities in Damascus, he is taking an adversarial stance from the start.
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04, 2025
A legacy of division: Syrians face delayed recognition of SIG documents
Syrians who lived in areas run by the Turkey-backed opposition Syrian Interim Government (SIG) before Assad fell last year face challenges related to the recognition of their official documents by the country’s new authorities.