What I’m reading.

Emma Beals
Aug 25, 2017 · 2 min read

The following is a work-in-progress reading list of key reports on Syria, grouped by subject. I’ll add to it as I go.

Economy:

World Bank — The Toll of War
Detailed overview of the economic impact of the war

Internal trading system generates millions in southern Syria
Detailed piece on the manner in which the southern Syria customs and duty systems are working.

Governance:

International Legal Assistance Consortium — Rule of Law Assessment
Comprehensive review of Syria judiciary.

Humanitarian Dialogue — The promise and perils of national dialogue
Review of the success of previous national dialogue efforts.

HLP:

Jihad Yazigi (Syria Report) — Destruct to reconstruct
Overview of current HLP issues in Syria.

Kheder Khaddour — Consumed by War
The End of Aleppo and Northern Syria’s Political Order

Humanitarian:

2018 Syria Humanitarian Needs Overview
Annual working document outlining humanitarian needs across Syria.

Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect: Syria
Updated bi-monthly with research into status of R2P in Syria.

Reconstruction:

Washington Institute: Not Money Alone: The Challenges of Syrian Reconstruction
Scene setting some of the challenges in any reconstruction efforts in Syria.

Refugee return:

Movement back to Syria: scenarios
MMP maps possible developments in Syria and neighboring countries over the next nine months

Sieges:

Breaking Aleppo
Detailed Atlantic Council report on the last six months of Aleppo’s siege.

“Local reconciliation agreements” in Syria: a non-starter for peace-building
Analysis of the reconciliation agreements across Syria in 2016 and 2017.

We leave or we die: forced displacement under Syria’s “reconciliation” agreements
Amnesty International’s report on the impact of Syria’s sieges, reconciliations, and displacements.

Siegewatch — 8th report
Eighth report detailing conditions in besieged, and formerly besieged, areas of Syria.

Siegewatch — 7th report
Seventh report detailing conditions in besieged, and formerly besieged, areas of Syria.

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Emma is an award-winning independent investigative journalist, producer, and analyst. She covers the conflict in Syria, and all things aid.

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