Yours truly is a proud chapter author! link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Tearing the Seams: Cycles of Structural and Acute Violence in Aleppo

This chapter examines the links between structural and acute violence through a focus on the city of Aleppo prior to and as a result of the Syrian civil war. The author describes the mechanisms of sta...

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Stanley Center for Peace and Security@stanleycenter.org · 8h ago

"Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts: Uncovered" won a Gold award from the Nonfiction Book Awards! Judges highlighted its "hopeful framework" and focus on "community-led solutions" to urban violence. Read the open-access volume at ibmv.org. #IBMV #UrbanPolicy

How is the humanitarian situation in Syria? How's the country fairing on the issues of political transition, economy, security and transitional justice? How should the US engage? See this in-depth policy piece by TIMEP's director @maitelsadany.bsky.social and head of advocacy Douglas Christensen.

The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy@timep.bsky.social · 2d ago

NEW: Following the historic repeal of the Caesar Act, what should US policy toward Syria look like? TIMEP's new policy paper offers recommendations for how US engagement can support an inclusive, sustainable transition centered on the needs of the Syrian people: timep.org/2026/08/03/p...

I'm excited to have started a one-year Nonresident Fellowship at @timep.bsky.social. Over the coming year, I'll be working on participatory urban reconstruction in Syria, continuing my work with the Aleppo Project and Liqa al-Umran. 1/5

The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy@timep.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Alhakam Shaar (@alhakam.bsky.social) is an interdisciplinary conflict researcher and social anthropologist, with a history of work on reconstruction, heritage preservation, and migration. He joins TIMEP to work on participatory urban reconstruction in Syria. timep.org/author/alhak...

Alhakam Shaar (@alhakam.bsky.social) is an interdisciplinary conflict researcher and social anthropologist, with a history of work on reconstruction, heritage preservation, and migration. He joins TIMEP to work on participatory urban reconstruction in Syria. timep.org/author/alhak...

The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy@timep.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🎉 TIMEP is thrilled to announce the members of its 2025-2026 Nonresident Fellowship cohort: @ramyraoof.bsky.social‬‬, @alhakam.bsky.social, Nada Nashat, Shoroq Sallam, Gaelle Abi Khalil, Karim Safieddine, Jad Baghdadi, Leena Badri, Raghdan Orsud, Kholoud Helmi, Mondher Tounsi, and Zakaria Al Shmaly.

يسعدنا أن نقدم زميلنا الحَكَم شعّار (@alhakam.bsky.social)، الباحث في شئون النزاعات وعالم الأنثروبولوجيا الاجتماعية. تشمل خبرة الحَكَم قضايا إعادة الإعمار وحفظ التراث والهجرة، وينضم إلى معهد التحرير للعمل على ملف إعادة الإعمار العمراني الذي يلبي احتياجات جميع السوريين. timep.org/author/alhak...

The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy@timep.bsky.social · 3mo ago

يسعدنا أن نرحب بالدفعة الجديدة من الزملاء غير المقيمين لعام 2026-2027 بمعهد التحرير. أهلًا بكم! @ramyraoof.bsky.social @alhakam.bsky.social Nada Nashat Shoroq Sallam Gaelle Abi Khalil Karim Safieddine Jad Baghdadi Leena Badri Raghdan Orsud Kholoud Helmi Mondher Tounsi Zakaria Al Shmaly

يسعدنا أن نرحب بالدفعة الجديدة من الزملاء غير المقيمين لعام 2026-2027 بمعهد التحرير. أهلًا بكم! @ramyraoof.bsky.social @alhakam.bsky.social Nada Nashat Shoroq Sallam Gaelle Abi Khalil Karim Safieddine Jad Baghdadi Leena Badri Raghdan Orsud Kholoud Helmi Mondher Tounsi Zakaria Al Shmaly

🌟 Today is one of my favorite days here at @timep.bsky.social, where we welcome an INCREDIBLE new fellowship cohort to the family! @ramyraoof.bsky.social, @alhakam.bsky.social, Nada, Shoroq, Gaelle, Karim, Jad, Leena, Raghdan, Kholous, Mondher, and Zakaria, here's to you!

The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy@timep.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🎉 TIMEP is thrilled to announce the members of its 2025-2026 Nonresident Fellowship cohort: @ramyraoof.bsky.social‬‬, @alhakam.bsky.social, Nada Nashat, Shoroq Sallam, Gaelle Abi Khalil, Karim Safieddine, Jad Baghdadi, Leena Badri, Raghdan Orsud, Kholoud Helmi, Mondher Tounsi, and Zakaria Al Shmaly.

A bit about my recent stay in Aleppo in this piece by @justinsalhani.bsky.social.

What will it take for Syrians to return to Aleppo after years of war?

Syria's government is trying to rebuild Aleppo, but war and neglect have made it a daunting prospect.

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More than 30 experts and contributors came together to make sense of identity-based mass violence (IBMV) in cities. We produced a book. I contributed a chapter on the cycles of structural and acute violence in modern Aleppo. Register to attend the launch: weavinginfluence.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Youssef al-Labbad, a Syrian defector returned from Germany, died under torture after his arrest near the Umayyad Mosque. Calls mount for justice, accountability, and returnee protection. #Syria #Justice

Israel is starving Gaza, tipping the strip from mass starvation towards mass death. The lack of a ceasefire provides no excuse for this policy. War is no licence to starve. www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...

Open the Gates to Save a Starving Gaza | International Crisis Group

As ceasefire talks drag on, Gaza is tipping from mass starvation toward mass death. Israel must allow assistance in immediately. But that step alone will not save the strip’s depleted population. Gaza...

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The U.S. House Financial Services Committee passed a bill to amend the Caesar Act, tying sanction relief to Syria’s human rights compliance. Waivers may extend to 2 years, with full repeal by 2029 if conditions are met. #Syria #CaesarAct #USCongress #Sanctions #HumanRights

"My body is breaking down. My mother is collapsing from exhaustion. My cousin cheats death every day for a morsel of aid. Gaza's children are dying in front of our eyes, and we are powerless to help them." @972mag.com Ruwaida Amer writes from Khan Younis, Gaza >> www.972mag.com/hunger-gaza-...

We are starving

My body is breaking down. My mother is collapsing from exhaustion. My cousin cheats death every day for a morsel of aid.

972mag.com

7 years ago in Budapest, veteran journalist Helen Womack (now I proudly call her friend) interviewed me for UNHCR about The Aleppo Project and my family home in Aleppo. 7 weeks ago, after the fall of Assad, she reached out to ask me if I'd finally been back to Aleppo and if we can rebuild our house.

Backpacks and Suitcases-9

Reporting the Stories of People in Flight

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Key details: In a UN Security Council session on Syria, the United Nations warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis. It highlighted the widespread need for aid and the ongoing displacement of seven million people.

Key details: France announced last February its intention to invite Al-Sharaa for an official visit, but made it conditional on forming a Syrian government that includes “representatives of all components of civil society” and provides “security guarantees for refugee return”.

Another child killed by starvation. There is a video and it is excruciating to watch. Israel has blocked all aid, including food and medicine, for over 60 days. What we have here is the profundity of evil.

I was happy to sign this. Sectarian violence is an even greater security threat to the new Syria than Zionist aggression. aljumhuriya.net/ar/2025/04/1...

في إدانة المجازر والانتهاكات بحق العلويين-ات السوريين-ات

بيان إلى الرأي العام

aljumhuriya.net

هذا اللقاء، الخامس للقاء العمران، له فرادة أنه مع أحد أجمل باحثي التراث وأقربهم لقلبي وقلوب الكثير من باحثي العمران والتاريخ، البروفيسور ناصر رباط. شكراً صديقتي زويا @zoyamasoud.bsky.social على دعوة أ. رباط وعلى التسيير. اللقاء بالعربية، غداً السبت، والتسجيل هنا: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Malik al-Abdeh's analysis of Sharaa's governance record is damning. And his pleas are nothing but the plainest of common sense: serious reforms, emphasis on effective governance, openness to different constituencies by giving them a stake in the new state. www.syriaintransition.com/swallowingth...

دعوة مفتوحة لأهل الاختصاص للحوار إعادة إعمار سوريا: الحقوق، الهوية، والحوكمة رابط المشاركة في الحوار يوم الخميس ٢٦ /١٢ /٢٠٢٤ الساعة الوحدة بعد الظهر بتوقيت دمشق: t.co/CsuJ9VaVQ3

Dr Razan Ghazzawi: “I took this📸of Raed Fares in Idlib in 2013. Raed initiated the ‘Kafranbel Banners’ … Raed & Hammoud Jneid were assassinated on Nov 23, 2018. Many believe HTS was behind it. HTS needs to address all violations committed under its control in Idlib.” x.com/queerexile/s...

Sign up to attend this online panel discussion at George Washington University. It starts at 4pm Berlin time. I will talk about what the fall of Assad means from the perspective of Aleppo.

Insurgent Resurgence: A Discussion about the Current Developments in Syria | Program on Extremism | The George Washington University

Featuring insights from Alhakam Shaar, Wathiq Alshallal, and Jerome Drevon. Senior Fellow, Sergio Altuna will moderate it.

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Mini thread 🧵 The media, Arab and western alike, are not prepared for the fall of the regime and the shallowness of their coverage is just sad. Very few of those reporting on the prisons read up reports on (e.g. by Forensic Architecture & Amensty Intl) that are based on witness accounts, or

“Assad’s police threatened to bury me and my reporting. Now I’m back, and free” BBC correspondent Lina Sinjab returns to Syria www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Syria: Assad's police threatened to bury me and my reporting. Now I'm back, and free

The BBC's Lina Sinjab - who fled Damascus 2013 as it was engulfed in war – reflects on her return to the city.

bbc.co.uk

Join us next Thursday at 10:00 am ET (16:00 CET) to talk about the latest developments in #Syria with a line-up of distinguished panelists: @jeromed.bsky.social, @alhakam.bsky.social and Mr. Wathiq Alshallal. Register here! extremism.gwu.edu/insurgent-re...

Insurgent Resurgence: A Discussion about the Current Developments in Syria | Program on Extremism | The George Washington University

Featuring insights from Alhakam Shaar, Wathiq Alshallal, and Jerome Drevon. Senior Fellow, Sergio Altuna will moderate it.

extremism.gwu.edu

Israel is grabbing more land in the Golan. The Golan is for its people. Its homes are for those expelled from them, whether by Israel in 1967 or by Assad and Hezbollah since 2011.

Israel is grabbing Syrian terretory.