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Reimagining Syria: A Roadmap for Peace and Prosperity Beyond Assad
Middle East Institute
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March 13, 2025
Executive Summary For more than a decade, Syria’s crisis has caused unimaginable suffering inside the country and a constant stream of strategically significant negative spillover effects across the Middle East and globally. For much of that time,...
Alexion Charitable Foundation Supports iHope Genetic Health Through Its Rare Belonging® Signature Initiative
EIN Presswire
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June 24, 2025
Advancing equity in rare disease diagnosis through a global partnership for free genomic testing DAMASCUS, MD, UNITED STATES, June 24, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Genetic Alliance is proud to announce a grant from Alexion Charitable Foundation...
Turkish Foreign Minister Calls for Expanded Trade Ties with UK
MENAFN
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July 1, 2025
(MENAFN) Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan expressed strong approval of his country’s growing partnership with the United Kingdom on Monday, calling for an even deeper expansion of their trade relations. Speaking at a press conference alongside...
The national dialogue in Syria: A step forward or a concerning trajectory?
Middle East Institute
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March 6, 2025
For many Syrians, the sight of hundreds of their fellow citizens walking through the People’s Palace in Damascus as they gathered to attend the national dialogue conference was surreal. Once a symbol of authority and exclusivity, only seen through...
Rethinking Democracy Ep. 6: Shariah, Democracy, and the Future of Governance in Syria
Middle East Institute
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January 29, 2025
For the first time in decades, the question of how Syria will be governed is wide open. The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime at the hands of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an armed Islamist group with former ties to al-Qaeda, has left Syria in uncharted...
Will Damascus-SDF negotiations lead to agreement or escalation?
Middle East Institute
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January 25, 2025
It is becoming apparent that negotiations between the new leadership in Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) face significant obstacles due to disagreements over military structure and administrative demands. These issues reflect the...
Security in Alawite regions in post-Assad Syria
Middle East Institute
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January 22, 2025
Syria’s first post-Assad protests broke out on Dec. 25 after a video claiming to show the destruction of an Alawite shrine spread rapidly across Facebook. The video was quickly debunked as several weeks old, the shrine only partially damaged, and...
Fajon in Ankara: Syria faces historic opportunity
Government of Slovenia
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January 13, 2025
SLOVENIA, January 13 - "Slovenia and Türkiye are strategic partners. Trade between our countries has exceeded EUR 1.3 billion EUR, and there is interest on both sides in further intensifying cooperation. The 9th meeting of the Slovenian-Turkish...
Scientists develop machine learning tool to accurately identify Arabic dialects in 22 Arabic-speaking countries
EIN Presswire
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October 8, 2024
Sharjah University scientists design AI tool to identify 19 different Arabic dialects spoken in 22 countries in which Arabic is the official language. SHARJAH, EMIRATE OF SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, October 8, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ --...
Syria: Twinning the judiciary and Forensic to Serve Humanity
International Committee of the Red Cross
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October 13, 2024
Events like the Judicial Forensic Conference are key components of this ongoing collaboration, aimed at developing a sustainable, well-established, and effective system for managing forensic issues, particularly in the aftermath of conflict,...
Caj Africa Releases Analytical Report on Syria's 2024 Socialist Dynamics
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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December 25, 2024
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Dec. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Caj Africa Releases the analytical report on Syria's 2024 socialist dynamics. The fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria has marked a significant geopolitical shift in the Middle...
Governing the day after in Syria
Middle East Institute
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December 19, 2024
On Dec. 8, 2024, Bashar al-Assad’s regime fell. This is a fact, but it woefully understates the enormity, speed, and consequences of what has transpired. The brutal dictatorship that ruled Syria for more than 50 years disintegrated in fewer than...
Sarcoma Foundation of America Accepting 2025 Research Grant Proposals
EIN Presswire
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November 14, 2024
SFA is accepting research grant proposals DAMASCUS, MD, UNITED STATES, November 14, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Sarcoma Foundation of America (SFA) is now accepting research grant proposals for pre-clinical, translational, and clinical research...
Sarcoma Foundation of America Accepting 2025 Last Mile Research Grant Proposals
EIN Presswire
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November 14, 2024
SFA is accepting proposals for our Last Mile Research Grant to support future R01 or R01-equivalent grant proposals. DAMASCUS, MD, UNITED STATES, November 14, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Sarcoma Foundation of America (SFA) is now accepting...
Assad and Hezbollah hunker down in Syria
Middle East Institute
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November 16, 2024
This article is part of an MEI strategic initiative that examines how to enhance regional cooperation between the United States and its partners on addressing the challenges posed by Iran across the region, particularly in key areas like Lebanon,...
Research reveals consuming walnuts during pregnancy significantly improves neurodevelopmental outcomes in two-year-olds
EIN Presswire
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July 25, 2024
İSTANBUL, TURKEY, July 24, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Optimal nutrition is critical during pregnancy for both mother and child, especially for brain development and healthy birth weight. Lack of key nutrients increases the risk for low birth...
Inside Damascus's Reconstruction Lab: Navigating the Framework of Return and Recovery
Middle East Institute
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November 1, 2024
Ten Takeaways In the aftermath of the regime’s consolidation of control over Damascus in 2018, no comprehensive framework for the return of displaced people and rehabilitation of conflict-affected areas has been applied. Instead, decisions have...
Early recovery and rehabilitation in regime-controlled areas of Syria: An assessment
Middle East Institute
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November 1, 2024
The following is a short abstract, offering the main analytical findings and policy takeaways from a newly released Middle East Institute report on post-war reconstruction in Syria. Read the full report here. Since the United Nations announced the...
Syrian armed groups divided over Turkey-Syria normalization push
Middle East Institute
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July 12, 2024
In recent days, widespread protests have erupted across many Turkish-controlled towns and cities in the countryside to the north of Aleppo and around Idlib. Some protests have escalated into violence, as clashes have broken out between local armed...
AIDA Country Report on Egypt
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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June 19, 2025
ECRE has published the first AIDA report on Egypt. It was researched and drafted by Refugees Platform in Egypt and edited by ECRE, and it uses the AIDA methodology which was developed by ECRE. The report introduces the asylum context in Egypt, the...