Why is the Regime Shifting from Subsidies to Cash Handouts?
Damascus wants to cut subsidies and control international aid.
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Can Arab Normalization Succeed Where Geneva and Astana Failed?
The regime continues to frustrate efforts for a political solution.
Could Reviving the Constitutional Committee Shift the Regime’s Behavior?
Russia is pushing for new talks away from Geneva, further depleting their relevance.
Who Gains from the Ongoing Aid Cuts for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon?
Over 88,000 Syrian refugee families in Lebanon are bracing for the impact of the UN's decision to cut aid starting in 2024.
Another Astana-Format Meeting in New York on Syria: Messages and Implications
For the second time since the Astana track's inception in 2016, a meeting, led by Iran and involving the foreign ministers of Turkey, Russia, and Iran, was convened on September 22, 2023, alongside the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
The United Nations finalizes the location for holding the Syrian Constitutional Committee
It has been a year since the talks of the Constitutional Committee have stalled, and recently several proposals have been put forward to resume its work in Muscat, Cairo, Kuwait, or other capitals and UN headquarters outside of Geneva.
Syria's Constitutional Committee: Outcomes of Two Years of Discussions
Prepared By: Abdul WAhab Assi The discussions of the Syrian Constitutional Committee (SCC) are the only course of the political process in Syria, since the talks between the regime and the opposi...