Regional Focus: Syria

Media:

"Donald Trump Declares Syria Ceasefire Permanent and Lifts Turkey Sanctions," The Guardian, 23 Oct. 2019 [text]
- See also related Vox article.

"In Northeast Syria, a Civilian Exodus and a Fast-moving Aid Response," The New Humanitarian, 14 Oct. 2019 [text]

Latest Refugee Influx to Iraq Passes 10,000 Mark as Humanitarian Needs Mount in Syria (UNHCR, Oct. 2019) [text]

"The Syria Withdrawal’s Other Victims," New Republic, 24 Oct. 2019 [text]

Blog posts:

Assessing Turkey’s “Resettlement” Plans in Syria under the Law of Occupation (Just Security, Oct. 2019) [text]

Deportation to Syria Could Mean Death for Women, Children and LGBTQ Refugees in Turkey (The Conversation, Oct. 2019) [text]

Most Turks Support the Syrian Invasion. Here’s Why (WP's Monkey Cage, Oct. 2019) [text]
- Note: The two academic articles referenced in this post are included below.

Proposed Refugee Resettlement into Syrian “Safe Zone” Carries Significant Risks (DevPolicy Blog, Oct. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

*A State of Emergency in North-east Syria: Hundreds of Thousands Displaced and a Muted International Response (IDMC Blog, Oct. 2019) [text]

Syria’s Kurds and the Turkish Border (Past & Present Blog, Oct. 2019) [text]

Syria's Northeast Still at Risk after "Safe Zone" Deal (RI Blog, Oct. 2019) [text]

Syrian Refugees in Turkey are There to Stay, at Least for Now (The Conversation, Oct. 2019) [text]

Reports:

"The Allure of Distant War Drums: Refugees, Geography, and Foreign Policy Preferences in Turkey," Political Geography, vol. 74 (Oct. 2019) [embargoed postprint] [preprint]

Erdogans Security Zone: Refugees and Humanitarian Aid in North East Syria (Rojava Info. Center, Oct. 2019) [text]

"Refugees, Xenophobia, and Domestic Conflict: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Turkey," Journal of Peace Research, vol. 55, no. 4 (2018) [postprint]

Sent to a War Zone: Turkey’s Illegal Deportations of Syrian Refugees (Amnesty International, Oct. 2019) [access]
- See also related Human Rights Watch report.

Syria: Damning Evidence of War Crimes and Other Violations by Turkish Forces and Their Allies  [text]

Syria: Displacement in the Northeast (ACAPS, Oct. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

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Related posts:
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria - Pt. 1 (11 Oct. 2019)
- Regional Focus: MENA, incl. Syria - Pt. 2 (11 Oct. 2019)

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