Tuesday, 17 September 2019 Analysis Conflict 21 May 2019 As Turkey and Russia pull the strings in Syria’s Idlib, civilians pay the price Omar Haj Kadour/AFP
Analysis Aid and Policy 25 April 2019 Briefing: Just how ‘smart’ are sanctions on Syria? The US and EU say sanctions are designed to avoid harming Syrian civilians and the humanitarians that help them. Aid groups beg to differ.
Analysis Conflict 5 March 2019 The blame game over Syria’s winter fuel crisis Sanctions, economic warfare, or government corruption: what is really causing the shortages?
Analysis Aid and Policy 16 January 2019 Trump pullout plan leaves aid groups in northeast Syria scrambling As Turkey threatens an offensive, thousands of civilians face disrupted assistance and new displacement
Analysis Aid and Policy 4 December 2018 Aid deliveries to Syria at risk in UN Security Council vote Russia could veto renewal of the resolution that gives UN access to rebel areas
Analysis Aid and Policy 29 October 2018 Mission impossible for next UN Syria envoy? As Staffan de Mistura prepares to leave office, here’s a look at the UN peace process so far and why it keeps failing
Analysis Conflict 2 October 2018 After Russia-Turkey deal, the fate of Syria’s Idlib hangs in the balance A buffer zone is supposed to prevent a bloody battle in Syria’s last rebel-held province, but are Assad’s forces and rebel factions on side?
Analysis Conflict 3 September 2018 Syrian war: Understanding Idlib’s rebel factions Fighting forces in Syria’s last rebel-held territory are divided on almost everything but their opposition to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad
Analysis Conflict 3 September 2018 Idlib briefing: “Humanitarian catastrophe” feared as Syria war reaches final rebel stronghold Millions at risk from looming army offensive; last-gasp Russia-Turkey talks to determine what happens next
Analysis Conflict 4 July 2018 Dispossession or development? The tug of war over Syria’s ruined slum dwellings The government has chosen formerly besieged rebel areas as the first for reconstruction
Analysis Aid and Policy 22 May 2018 As Syria looks to rebuild, US and allies hope money can win where guns lost Critics say tying reconstruction aid to political change won’t work and will hurt civilians
Analysis Conflict 30 March 2018 Trapped between rebels and air raids, civilians in Eastern Ghouta face chaos As the Syrian rebel enclave collapses, aid groups struggle to help those fleeing
Analysis Migration 19 March 2018 How Afrin became Syria’s latest humanitarian disaster Thousands of civilians face great uncertainty as the relative safe haven of Afrin has been transformed into a centre of Syria’s suffering
