Al Sharq Strategic Research | 09 January 2025
This book presents a collection of papers aimed at studying transformations in actors and structures to understand changes in Palestinian society. It serves as the first part [...]
Tayseer Mohamedali | 30 December 2024
Sudan’s war, now entering its twentieth month, has evolved into one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises after the eruption of the destructive confrontations between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group [...]
Habiba Ali | 18 December 2024
Asymmetrical warfare has long been a defining feature of conflict in the Middle East, shaped by various factors, including sectarian divisions, power vacuums, external interventions, and the region's complex geopolitics. The introduction of advanced [...]
Mohamad Fawaz 
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 17 December 2024 | AR
The Syrian regime’s 61-year-old tyranny has finally fallen. The country's new rulers have been trying to pave the way for a political transitional process. Regional countries also do not stay idle in this new period. Some regional countries have already started engaging in political talks with HTS and its allies through the Department of Political Affairs of the new government in the country. So far, meetings have been held with ambassadors of Iraq, Bahrain, Oman, Egypt, UAE, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Italy. It was also announced that Qatar would soon open its embassy in Damascus.
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 12 December 2024 | AR
The 61-year-old regime has finally fallen in Syria. The tyranny of the Baath Party that seized power in the country in 1963 later turned into the Assad clan’s dynasty in 1970 through an intra-party coup Hafez Assad called the 'Corrective Movement,' was consigned to history with a popular revolution on December 8th, 2024, after only a 12-day-long military operation. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the dizzying developments have far exceeded expectations even for seasoned Syria experts following the crisis for many years.
Al Sharq Strategic Research | 12 December 2024
Al Sharq Strategic Research is looking for interns for a five-month paid internship scheme starting in January 2025. The internship position is for young fellows who have an interest and experience in studying the [...]
Fatıma Zehra İnce | 09 December 2024
While Iraq stands out with its rich ethnic and religious diversity, the fact that a national census has not been conducted for 27 years raises critical questions regarding social and economic sustainability. The problem [...]
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 02 December 2024 | TR | AR
The Syrian opposition groups operating under the ‘‘Command of Military Operations (previously known as Al Fath al-Mubin Operation Room’’ have initiated their long-spoken major offensive entitled ‘Operation Deterrence of Aggression’ on the Syrian regime [...]
Mehmet Sadin Kara | 29 November 2024
Egypt has been one of the most essential migrant-sending and migrant-receiving countries globally. As a transit country, Egypt attracts several migrant groups from other parts of the Middle East and Africa. Cairo’s bilateral agreements [...]
Ahmad Mawlana | 28 November 2024 | AR
Tensions in the Horn of Africa escalated after Egypt sent military aid with soldiers on two planes to Somalia, a few days after Cairo and Mogadishu signed a protocol for military cooperation in mid-August 2024
