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

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow, Syria Project

Arabic Economic Sanctions

Former fellow

Hind Kabawat

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

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Content

In the News

Oct 17, 2019

El-Gamal joins TRT World to discuss the YPG in Syria

By Atlantic Council

Politics & Diplomacy Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Oct 17, 2019

First female NATO number two hands over post amid Turkey crisis

By Teri Schultz

The highest-ranking woman in Alliance history talks about the crisis in Syria and the success in encouraging gender balance throughout NATO.

NATO Syria

In the News

Hof quoted in Bard on Trump’s “greenlighting” of Turkish invasion

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Katz quoted in Radio Free Europe about the Russia-Turkey deal in Syria

By Atlantic Council

Russia Russian

In the News

El-Gamal quoted in Noticias de Gipuzkoa on implications of US withdrawal from northern Syria

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Carpenter in Foreign Affairs: ISIS Is Already Rising From the Ashes

By Atlantic Council

Extremism Iraq

In the News

Resident Senior Fellow, Syria Project

Katz quoted in Radio Svoboda (RFE/RL) on U.S. response to Turkey

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Middle East

SyriaSource

Oct 15, 2019

Syria: Is anything salvageable?

By Frederic C. Hof

The importance of Syria to the West generally and to the United States specifically dictates that something of value be salvaged from the wreckage. Facilitating the resurrection of ISIS and the restoration of a terrorism-abetting Assad regime to all of Syria should be unthinkable.

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Oct 15, 2019

Trump vs Erdoğan: It’s hard to bluff when your cards are on the table

By Brian O'Toole

It is hard to take seriously threats by the US government to ruin the Turkish economy when Trump himself gave this green light in the first place. Under such circumstances, sanctions have almost no chance of succeeding in putting this genie back in the bottle.

Economic Sanctions Syria

In the News

Oct 15, 2019

Itani joins NPR’s All Things Considered to discuss Syrian regime’s new deal with the Kurds and President Assad’s goals

By Atlantic Council

Politics & Diplomacy Security & Defense

Experts

Fellow

Ibrahim Al-Assil

Arabic Conflict

Fellow

Marie Forestier

Arabic French

Fellow

Amany Qaddour

Nonresident Fellow, Syria Project

Arabic Civil Society

Fellow

Diana Rayes

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Arabic Civil Society

Fellow

Lukas Andriukaitis

Nonresident Fellow

Disinformation Eastern Europe

Staff

Elise Baker

Senior Staff Lawyer, Strategic Litigation Project