Regional Focus: Syria

Blog posts & press:

"Aid Efforts 'Overwhelmed' by Humanitarian 'Catastrophe' in Idlib," The New Humanitarian, 20 Feb. 2020 [text]

Is Security Council Authorisation Really Necessary to Allow Cross-Border Humanitarian Assistance in Syria? (EJIL Talk Blog, Feb. 2020) [text]

"Syria War: Turkey Lets Refugees Exit towards Europe," BBC News, 28 Feb. 2020 [text]

"Syrian Refugees Fleeing Assad's Onslaught in Idlib Have Nowhere Left to Hide," Time Magazine, 25 Feb. 2020 [text]

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Appeals for Safety for Civilians Trapped in Idlib (UNHCR, Feb. 2020) [text]

The Worst Humanitarian Crisis of the 21st Century: 5 Questions on Syria Answered (The Conversation, March 2020) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

3RP Regional Strategic Overview 2020-2021 (UNDP & UNHCR, Dec. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related brochure and Turkey country chapter.

*Anatomy of a Safe Area: The Military Requirements of Humanitarian Protection During Civil Wars (SSRN, Jan. 2019) [text]

*Displacement & Destruction: Analysis of Idlib, Syria 2017-2020 (Harvard Univ., Save the Children & World Vision, March 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related press release.

Meet, Share, Inspire: International Conference of Good Practices on Refugee Protection, Ankara, 24 - 26 Sept. 2019 [conf. report via ReliefWeb]

"The Politics of Return: Exploring the Future of Syrian Refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey," Third World Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3 (2020) [postprint]

Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/43/57 (UN Human Rights Council, Jan. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related news release and UN news story.

The Syrian Safe Zone and International Law, IIR Policy Brief (Institute of International Relations, Jan. 2020) [text]

Understanding Resilience: Perspectives from Syrians (CARE, Feb. 2020) [text]
- See also related press release.

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Related post:
- Regional Focus: Syria (14 Feb. 2020)