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NL Syria at a crossroads: hope for democracy or a facade of elections?
Source: Pexels It has been over 10 months since the posters of former dictator Bashar Al Assad were torn down from the streets in the capital Damascus in celebratory fashion. After a gruesome 50 years under the dictatorial rule of the Assad family, in which hundreds of thousands of Syrians have been displaced, murdered, mistreated and scattered across several [...]
Between hope and fear: An uncertain future for minorities in Syria
Photo: Photos of President Bashar al-Assad on display during the civil war in pro-regime areas of Syria - Store Norske Leksikon With the fall of Assad's regime, a new era has dawned for Syria, but the joy of liberation is overshadowed by uncertainty and violence. Syria is currently facing the deadliest outbreak of violence since [...]
Netherlands and Canada start case against Syria at ICJ, implications for Syria on world stage?
Photo: International Court of Justice in The Hague - UN Photo/Andrea Brizzi At the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on Tuesday 10 October, the trial of the Netherlands and Canada against the Syrian regime began, Syria omitted. The aim of the trial is for the court to rule that Syria has violated the international covenant [...]
Retrospective FMS Political Café: the aftermath of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria
More than a month and a half after the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, the focus on helping the 23 million people affected seems to be waning. Therefore, FMS together with PvdA International organised a Political Café on the aftermath of the earthquake. The politicians, aid workers and journalists present stressed that the reconstruction of the disaster area is still a [...]
21 March FMS Political Café: Turkey and Syria after the earthquake
It is now just over a month since a devastating earthquake hit parts of Turkey and Syria. Immediately after the news of the disaster, major initiatives were launched. For instance, people collected clothes en masse and in came a nationwide Giro555 action that raised a lot of money. Still today, many organisations such as [...]
"They rightly feel abandoned": One week after earthquake, northwest Syria still awaits international aid
After the devastating earthquake, rebel-controlled areas in northwestern Syria are still struggling to receive aid from the international community. While southeastern Turkey is rightly receiving aid from around the world, NPR journalists have reported that on its border with Syria it is "empty and silent". Meanwhile, the tyrannical [...]