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Syrians and the Constitution Survey
Opening of Syrian Constitutional Committee in Geneva Geir O. Pedersen (centre), United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, speaks at the opening session of the Syrian Constitutional Committee in Geneva. At left is Ahmad Kuzbari, Co-Chair representing the Government of...
Potential Military Conflict Scenarios In The NWS
CONTEXT We refer to the North West of Syria (NWS) as the opposition-held areas of Idlib province, the western Aleppo countryside and a small enclave of Latakia’s northern countryside. Despite the announcement of the Sochi ceasefire agreement in September 2018 between...
2021 Budget Reveals the Depth of Syria’s Economic Woes
The 2021 budget is the smallest to date. However, a deeper analysis of the 2021 budget reveals deeper structural problems with Damascus’s finances.
Syrian Opinion Split on Decentralizing Power in New Constitution
As the constitutional committee met in Geneva, OPC analyzed the opinions of Syrians on what they want a new system of governance to look like. Their answers, unsurprisingly, were varied.