May 5, 2023
MEIRSS (Middle East Institute for Research and Strategic Studies), and CFRI – Centre français de recherche sur l’Irak , with the collaboration of the Department D’Histoire-Relations Internationales of […]
August 31, 2020
Acknowledgement The Middle East Institute for Research and Strategic Studies is a Lebanese based think tank. The institute seeks to conduct rigorous research and analysis, done […]
February 21, 2020
Introduction In September 2014, Iranian Parliamentarian ʿAlīreżā Zākānī boasted that Sanaa had become the fourth Arab capital in Iran’s possession, joining “the three Arab capitals who […]
January 14, 2020
1. Background For a few years, various protest movements have shaken Iraq in separate waves. The traditional force to spark the political mobilization among the urban […]
July 31, 2019
With the facilitation of global communication and travels, foreign fighter involvement in conflicts has been steadily rising, notably with the conflicts in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Chechnya, Iraq, […]
July 5, 2019
The Trump administration’s 2018 decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and the subsequent economic sanctions that the U.S has imposed on Iran has had […]
June 20, 2019
On March 21st 2019, after 52 years, President Trump tweeted the fully recognition of Israel over the Golan Heights and considered this decision important for the […]
June 7, 2019
As the Syrian war enters its 8th year, the Assad regime, backed by Russia and Iran, has regained control of the vital areas of Syria. The […]
December 28, 2018
Introduction After eight years of war, the forces of President Bashar al-Asad seem on the verge of winning the conflict in Syria. While Damascus has been […]
November 6, 2018
بعد انتهاء الحرب السورية، سيدرس الباحثون بطريقة معمقة ما جرى خلالها. سيذكر بعضهم المجازر التي نظمها النظام السوري في درعا وحمص وحلب، فيما البعض الآخر سيتخصص […]
October 26, 2018
The 15th of October marked the deadline proposed by the Sochi agreement to remove all radical terrorist factions from the demilitarized zone, enclosing an envisaged de-escalation […]
October 25, 2018
Following the May 2018 parliamentary elections, Iraq faced three major political proceedings: the election of the Speaker of the Parliament, the President of the Republic and […]
October 5, 2018
تَعكِسُ حادثة القصير بين الشرطة العسكرية الروسية وحزب الله، وبعض الوقائع التي سَبَقتها وتَلَتها، تَعَارُض أهدافِ الأصدقاء – الأعداء على المدى البعيد في سوريا. ويبدو أن […]
July 30, 2018
Abstract This article is driven by an interest to explore the role of local Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) that deal with Syrian refugees in Lebanon seeing […]
June 6, 2018
When Syrian refugees first began arriving in 2011, Lebanon was welcoming, as it was assumed that the crisis would be brief and that refugees would soon […]
June 2, 2018
ما هو القانون رقم 10؟ ينص القانون رقم 10 على إنشاء وحدات إدارية محلية في كل منطقة من المناطق التي يسيطر عليها النظام السوري والتي ستكون […]
May 23, 2018
Surprising results from Iraq’s May 12 parliamentary elections, in which a coalition backed by Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr came in first place, will rearrange expectations regarding […]
October 24, 2017
By Elie Joe Dergham & Ramy Jabbour Following the Kirkuk liberation from ISIS, as well as the Kurdish independence referendum in Iraq, questions were raised on […]
October 17, 2017
أظهرت التجارب الدولية فشل المناطق الآمنة في تأمين الحماية للمدنيين الهاربين من العنف خلال النزاعات المسلحة. بيد أن العدد المرتفع للاجئين السوريين في دول الجوار، […]
November 10, 2016
The much touted Mosul operation against the Islamic State (IS) is in its third week. Composed of Iraqi government troops, Kurdish Peshmerga forces, Turkey-backed Sunni fighters, […]
October 1, 2015
