Weekly briefs covering key humanitarian, stabilization, and security policy developments in and around Syria. Edited by @ejbeals and @tobiaschneider.
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Our fourth and latest episode also grapples with the fallout of Ghouta: As a US military strike becomes less tenable, @rebeccahersman and @PatT_WMD are given a startling task: To work out a deal to disarm the Assad regime -- in the middle of a civil war. anchor.fm/gppi/episodes/4--A…
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Our third episode sifts thru the aftermath of the 21 August 2013 chemical attack on Ghouta - the single deadliest day in the Syrian war. As locals @DarwishTuhama rush to save lives, @kaneview and her UN team prepare to cross the front lines to investigate. anchor.fm/gppi/episodes/3--T…
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In our second episode, we meet @h_alnahhas. As a revolutionary medical volunteer, he becomes obsessed with the threat of Syria's chemical arsenal. But how do you prepare a makeshift clinic -- his colleagues and community -- to respond to the unthinkable? anchor.fm/gppi/episodes/2--C…
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In our first episode, we join @laurentvds and his colleague as they descend into besieged suburbs of Damascus, where they become the first Western witnesses - and indeed victims - of Assad's chemical campaign. In response, they resolve to collect evidence. anchor.fm/gppi/episodes/1--A…
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For the past four years, our team @GPPi has been digging into some of the most heinous crimes of the 21st century - the Assad regime's incessant use of chemical weapons. Finally, we want to share with you some of the most stunning testimony we have heard. anchor.fm/gppi
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Join us this Friday for a discussion on "Women and Accountability in Syria: Closing the Gender Information & Participation Gap" hosted by my colleague Inji El-Bakry @gppi with expert input from @WomenNowForDev and @SyrianCenter. eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/…
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March 15 will mark the 10th anniversary of the Syrian uprising. It's prompting retrospectives and benchmarking that are hard to engage with without an overwhelming sense of personal and professional failure, as someone who spent the best part of the decade working on Syria.
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One important lesson I've learned in the last few weeks is that if you like a product or service produced by a very small business, you shouldn't just use them but tell your friends to do so as well...and then tell the business you like them! It could make a world of difference.
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Syria in Context was such an amazing opportunity for me, I learned a lot from working with @ejbeals and @tobiaschneider and saw @KhattabAsser doing amazing work after I left.
Good luck to all of you for your future endeavours and many thanks to the audience.
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Many thanks and appreciation to the @SyriaContext team, as they have done a great job over the past three years. Courage, credibility, and accountability.
@ejbeals @tobiaschneider @KhattabAsser @putintintin1
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So sad to see @SyriaContext conclude its work, which added nuanced to the discourse. My hats off to the wonderful @ejbeals, @tobiaschneider, @putintintin1, @KhattabAsser. Thank you for providing an essential tool for my work at @TimepDC and certainly for so many of my colleagues.
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Sad to see that @SyriaContext will stop its service. It's been an excellent and helpful resource in my work! @tobiaschneider @ejbeals @KhattabAsser @putintintin1
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Deeply honoured to be moderating this important UNGA Side event tomorrow on justice for detainees in Syria during Covid, hosted by @snhr & @TDA_SY. Speakers include Amb Jeffrey US, Amb Rohde Germ, Rasha Sharbaji, @FADELABDULGHANY and more. Please join us: sn4hr.org/blog/2020/09/28/55…
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At @SyriaContext we worked with @nickschifrin and the team at @NewsHour to highlight the scale of the Coronavirus outbreak in Damascus and the country. Today, news that NW had 80+'s from 160 tests, suggesting the virus is now spreading rapidly there too. pbs.org/newshour/show/despit…
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The #coronavirus crisis in #Syria is likely far worse than the official government figures suggest, according to the latest evidence from dedicated research by @SyriaContext.
Find out more here.
english.alarabiya.net/en/cor…
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1 - While only 2,365 cases of #coronavirus were recorded in government controlled #Syria as of Aug 25, @SyriaContext estimates there are up to 100,000 cases in Damascus alone. My latest for @TheNationalUAE thenational.ae/world/mena/sy…
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To understand how widespread the #Covid_19 pandemic is in Syria, this piece of information about the constitutional committee (4 positive tests of delegates already!) and the important @guardian article are useful. In addition you can follow @SyriaContext for updates.
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Four constitutional committee members who arrived in Geneva from Damascus have tested positive for #COVID19. Meanwhile, a doctor writes about the dire situation in Damascus for the Guardian. For ongoing weekly updates on the outbreak, follow @SyriaContext: theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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At first, anecdotally, it seemed as though everyone I talked to was telling me that they someone they knew had #COVID19 in #Damascus. Now @ejbeals and @tobiaschneider @SyriaContext are showing that there could be 60-100K active infections in Damascus #Syria alone.
2 weeks ago we published an investigation on #COVID19 in Damascus: tande.substack.com/p/syria-i… Since then, we've worked with Imperial, who modelled that for each recorded death there's likely 50-100 more, and an estimated 60-100K active infections in Damascus: tande.substack.com/p/syria-i…