With conflict, crisis, and repression driving high levels of instability, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region continues to be one of the world’s largest originators of and hosts for refugees and internally displaced people globally. Ahead of World Refugee Day, the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TI…
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By Ahmed Akacha Security & Conflict Governance & Politics Social Movements Syria Syria’s Revolution: Twelve Years On As we mark 12 years since the Syrian revolution and look at where Syria is today, we asked TIMEP nonresident fellows, alumni, and contributors what they believe are the key issues policymakers should be…
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A view of Zaatari refugee camp. Zaatari located in north Jordan. (Photo by Valery SharifulinTASS via Getty Images) Migration & Displacement Syria On the Return of Syrian Refugees Diana Rayes Suhail al-Ghazi December 14, 2020 December 14, 2020 Nearly 5.6 million Syrians have been forcibly displaced from Syria to neigh…
eneral family photo of the conference on 'Supporting the future of Syria and the region' at EU Council headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on April 25, 2018. (Photo by Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Migration & Displacement Syria Part 3: Policy Recommendations for the Return of Syrian Refugees In addition t…
MANBIJ, ROJAVA, SYRIA - 2020/02/09: A Russian attack helicopter flies low over an IDP (internally displaced persons) Camp in Manbij, Rojava, Syria. (Photo by Stanton Sharpe/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Migration & Displacement Syria Part 2: Detrimental Conditions inside Syria This explainer is the second …
An aerial view shows an informal tent settlement housing Syrian refugees flooded by rain water in the area of Delhamiyeh, in the central Bekaa Valley. (JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images) Migration & Displacement Syria Part 1: Syrians in Neighboring Host Countries Over 5.6 million Syrians have been forcibly displaced fro…
A health worker dressed in a protective outfit walks in an alley at the Wavel Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, on April 24, 2020. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images) Development & Economy Migration & Displacement Lebanon No Funding and No Policy: Lebanon’s Refugee Population amid COVID-19 and …