NEW analysis by DFRLab - @dfrlab.bsky.social's Lukas Andriukitis on the Russians in northern Syria after partial US withdrawal medium.com/dfrlab/russian…

Survey given to Syrians in Germany to assess the future of reconstruction and how security will need to be reconfigured in Syria for citizens to return safely. Authored by Nora Elise-Beck and Lars Döbert

"Syrians want a police force to provide security for citizens and not offering sole special protection to a political leader" Read more by Nora-Elise Beck and Lars Döbert on survey analysis and results on reforming the security sector in Syria atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/syriasou…

ICYMI - Read more about how reconstruction and the security sector reform in Syria must go hand in hand by Nora-Elise Beck and Lars Döbert buff.ly/2OWailk

Small step, very late, but part of a larger trend of deligimitisation of the Assad regime. See also judiciary actions in Europe and of course the Caesar act in the US

NEW by Frederic C. Hof a critique of Susan Rice on Syria: Nothing could be done atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/syriasou…

ICYMI - Frederic C. Hof's analysis of Susan Rice's Syria comments - Atlantic Council atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/syriasou…

"Tens of thousands" flee "intensive aerial bombardment" on Maarrat al-Nouman in northwest Syria, reports OCHA Syria. Especially hard to handle mass displacement in winter, when it's too cold and rainy for families to shelter outside stay or on the road. reliefweb.int/report/syrian-…

What’s left from the Women Now center in Maarat al Numan, is a broken sign. It has been the safe place for hundreds of women since 2014. We celebrated their graduations and we built our dreams for a better future. This’s not the future we waited for and this can’t be the end.

NEW analysis and data on the relentless assault on Idlib over 2019 by Reema Hibrawi atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/syriasou…

2019 was an especially bleak year for Syria as displacement across the country continued especially in Idlib province. Below are our top five blogs in 2019 that touched on these important issues that captured the attention of our readers. atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/syriasou…

“As the attack in the southern town of Maaret al-Numan on December 22 shows us, there is no sign of a slowdown of attacks.” via Reema Hibrawi Rana Abdulhadi, Christiana Haynes, and Adam Aluzri atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/syriasou…

ICYMI - The relentless assault on Idlib by Reema Hibrawi with data collected over 2019 by Christiana Haynes, Adam Aluzri, and Rana Abdulhadi atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/syriasou…

The relentless assault on Idlib - Atlantic Council ow.ly/nq3s30q4JVs

.Atlantic Council: Acc. to #SNHR, roughly 4,647 civilians were killed across #Syria in 2019; which is less than half of the year before. A significant decrease in deaths,& of those around 15 percent were concentrated in the highly populated area in #Idlib. atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/syriasou…

Syria Source In an effort to see the full picture of the relentless airstrikes campaign on Idlib, Atlantic Council Middle East Programs captured data over the course of 2019 to identify trends and develop a better sense of the implications of this offensive: atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/syriasou…

.Atlantic Council experts respond to the killing of Soleimani which threatens to break open US-Iranian conflict atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla… William F. Wechsler Tom Warrick Barbara Slavin Frederic C. Hof Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒

COVID-19 presents a new threat for the over 3 million Syrian IDPs in Idlib. Join @AC_Istanbul and Atlantic Council Middle East Programs on April 30 to learn more about the Syrian crisis and hear from Department of State's James Jeffrey and TR presidential spox İbrahim Kalın: atlanticcouncil.org/event/the-futu…

What is the future of US policy in Syria? Join @AC_Istanbul and Atlantic Council Middle East Programs on April 30 and hear from US Department of State Special Envoy Amb. James F. Jeffrey to learn more: atlanticcouncil.org/event/the-futu…

A new Atlantic Council issue brief : Drone Attacks Against Critical Infrastructure, by Dr. Scott Crino and Conrad Dreby. The authors analyze developments in the use of weaponized drones in the Middle East and beyond. Learn more: buff.ly/2xwKJl4