Syria

Economic Sanctions
Entrepreneurship

Fellow

Michel Duclos

Conflict
Crisis Management

Fellow

Arwa Damon

Arabic
Civil Society

Fellow

Ömer Özkizilcik

Nonresident Fellow

Arabic
English

Fellow

Sinan Hatahet

Arabic
Economic Sanctions

Former fellow

Hind Kabawat

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow, Syria Project

Nonresident Fellow, Syria Project

Arabic
Civil Society

Fellow

Diana Rayes

Online Event
Thu, December 19, 2024 • 12:30 pm ET

Arabic
Civil Society

Past events

Putin loses in Syria. Is Russia in retreat?

Conflict
Europe & Eurasia
Middle East
Russia

Online Event
Tue, May 21, 2024 • 10:30 am ET

Exploring investment opportunities in northwest Syria

Conflict
Economic Sanctions
Economy & Business
Financial Regulation

Event Recap

Mar 29, 2024

Launching the Syria Strategy Project

By
JP Reppeto and Charles Johnson

On March 18, 2024, the Atlantic Council’s Syria Project, the Middle East Institute’s Syria Program, the European Institute of Peace, and Madaniya Civil Society Network launched the Syria Strategy, an intensive process of engagement with subject matter experts and policymakers in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East to develop a holistic strategy to […]

Civil Society
Conflict

Learn more about the Middle East programs

Middle East Programs

Working with our allies and partners in Europe and the wider Middle East to protect US interests, build peace and security, and unlock the human potential of the region.

EXPLORE THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL’S MIDDLE EAST PROGRAMS

Content

SyriaSource

Jun 10, 2016

Challenges Facing a Developing Kurdish Media

By Jiwan Soz

It is difficult to find a single professional Kurdish media outlet operating in Iraqi Kurdistan and Kurdish-controlled parts of Syria, or what in Kurdish is called Rojava. The situations in Iraq under Saddam Hussein and Syria under the Baathist regime led to a lack of independent media and institutions to nurture Kurdish media and language. […]

Syria

In the News

Kawakibi’s ‘Syrian Children and the Exit from the Dark Tunnel’ Featured in Al Jadid

By Salam Kawakibi

Read the full article here.

Syria

SyriaSource

Syrian Children and the Exit from the Dark Tunnel

By Salam Kawakibi

For more than five decades, the Syrian child was subjected to an orderly process of upbringing to control the phases of his growth and maturity. Following the nursery phase, which did not have an ideological formation, the child entered the realm of official popular organizations, along the North Korean model, controlling the child’s consciousness and […]

Syria

SyriaSource

Al-Qaeda Wants to Establish an Emirate in Syria, but Not Now

By Haid Haid

There have recently been reports warning that the Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda affiliated group in Syria, is determined to declare its own Islamic emirate in Syria in the near future, but these warnings are likely jumping the gun. The argument goes that Nusra’s long term objective is establishing an Islamic emirate in Syria, but unlike […]

Syria

In the News

Itani Joins NPR to Discuss Assad’s Defiance and Syrian Peace Strategies

By Faysal Itani

Read the full article here.

Syria

In the News

Hof Quoted by Buzzfeed on Russia’s Involvement in Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

Read the full article here.

Russia Syria

SyriaSource

Jun 8, 2016

To Move the Unmovable

By Frederic C. Hof

Addressing parliament on June 7, 2016, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad rejected power-sharing by calling for a national unity government, instead of what the permanent five members of the UN Security Council demanded in 2012: a transitional governing body arrived at via the mutual consent of regime and opposition negotiators. As the Syrian constitution accords all […]

Syria

In the News

Jun 7, 2016

Stein Joins Kurdistan 24 to Discuss ISIS in Syria

By Aaron Stein

Watch the full interview here.

Syria

SyriaSource

Jun 7, 2016

#5YearsWeFled: The Beginning of a New Journey

By Ayman Jalwan

This series is from interviews with the lawyer Ayman Jalwan. It highlights the difficult choice that Syrians face—dying in the war zone that Syria had become, or flee the land he loved. Last year, he and his wife said goodbye to their families and joined the wave of citizens leaving the country. First they had […]

Syria

In the News

Jun 6, 2016

Itani Quoted by Bloomberg on Fighting at the Syrian Border

By Faysal Itani

Read the full article here.

Syria

Experts

Fellow

Sinan Hatahet

Syria Community Liaison Consultant

Arabic Economic Sanctions

Fellow

Mohamad Katoub

Civil Society Human Rights

Fellow

Bahar Ghandehari

Junior Policy Fellow

Afghanistan English

Fellow

Ömer Özkizilcik

Nonresident Fellow

Director, Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Arabic English

Staff

Jonathan Panikoff

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Economy & Business Financial Regulation

Active affiliation

Reem Salahi