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Syria: The Bashar Years

Rime Allaf is a Syrian-born writer and political analyst. In a wide-ranging conversation with Newlines’ Faisal Al Yafai, she recalls living through the end of the Hafez al-Assad era and traces the Bashar years from the initial optimism of Syrians, through the end of the Lebanon occupation and the Iraq War, to the start of the Syrian revolution.

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Unpacking the Crisis in Syria: the Role of the International Community and Humanitarian Organizations

10 years after the start of the conflict in Syria that started as civilians protests against the Assad regime, it is now a proxy war waged on many different fronts. 12 million Syrians – half the pre-conflict population - were displaced. Over 400,000 Syrians lost their lives in this crisis and the infrastructure is in shambles with no straight path forward.

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The Arab Spring a decade on - Syria

CMEC Director Charlotte Leslie presents the second podcast in a series marking the 10th anniversary of the Arab Spring. In this podcast, Charlotte examines the continuing tragedy of Syria with Simon Collis, UK Ambassador to Damascus in 2010 and Rime Allaf, the Syrian born writer and political analyst.

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Prospects for Syria After Geneva II, Chatham House

More than 150,000 people, according to human rights groups, have been killed during Syria's three-year civil war and almost 10 million have been displaced. Following the conclusions of the Geneva II peace talks, there is still no imminent end to the conflict in sight.

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Is it a Mistake to Simply Focus on Chemical Weapons?

The proposal to put Syria's chemical weapons arsenal under international control has sparked debate among supporters of a US intervention. Rime Allaf is a Syrian commentator and writer. She tells anchor Marco Werman that the focus on chemical weapons distracts from the ongoing civil war in Syria.

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