Syrian Elections
Country Report

One Choice in Damascus
KAS analyzes the election and possible impacts. Numerous interviews with Syrians, experts and diplomats provide details on the referendum.
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Podcast

„From Beirut to Baghdad – Konrad’s Journey through the Middle East“ (Episode 5)
Interview with Ibrahim Olabi, a British-Syrian lawyer and human rights activist, on the prosecution of war crimes, the effect of sanctions and Europe's restraint in Syria
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1 Jahr Corona Afrika und Naher Osten IMF Photo/ Roger Anis / flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 / creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/

Ein Jahr Corona im Nahen Osten und Nordafrika
Das Dossier stellt die staatlichen und gesellschaftlichen Reaktionen auf den Ausbruch der Pandemie dar und zieht Bilanz nach einem Jahr Corona im Nahen Osten und Nordafrika.
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Jihad Yazeji KAS
Interview with Jihad Yazigi on the Arab Spring 2011

A decade to the Catastrophe
When Jihad Yazigi, Co-Founder of The Syrian Observer, looks back on the events of the Arab Spring in Syria, only one word comes to his mind: “catastrophe“.
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Länderbericht

10 Jahre "Arabischer Frühling" – 10 Jahre Krieg in Syrien
Von Bevölkerungsprotesten zum globalen Stellvertreterkrieg – Eine Bestandsaufnahme
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4/8 Beirut Film KAS
The most powerful non-nuclear explosions in history

4/8 Beirut Film
On August 4, 2020 a large amount of unstable stored ammonium nitrate exploded in the port of Lebanon’s capital Beirut.
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Podcast, Episode 5
„From Beirut to Baghdad – Konrad’s Journey through the Middle East“ (Episode 5)
Interview with Ibrahim Olabi, a British-Syrian lawyer and human rights activist, on the prosecution of war crimes, the effect of sanctions and Europe's restraint in Syria
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Podcast, Episode 4
„From Beirut to Baghdad – Konrad’s Journey through the Middle East“ (Episode 4)
Interview with Sam Dagher, journalist and author, on the the Arab Spring in Syria and Iraq and what is left of the demands and hopes of 2011.
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KAS Syria/Iraq
Podcast, Episode 3
„From Beirut to Baghdad – Konrad’s Journey through the Middle East“ (Episode 3)
Interview with Inna Rudolf, research fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence in London, on the US elections of November 3, 2020 and...
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Podcast, Episode 2
„From Beirut to Baghdad ─ Konrad’s Journey through the Middle East“ (Episode 2)
Interview with Hafsa Halawa, scholar at the Middle East Institute and an independent consultant for the MENA region on the protests, the governmental crisis and the impact of Covid-...
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Podcast, Episode 1
„From Beirut to Baghdad ─ Konrad’s Journey through the Middle East“ (Episode 1)
Interview with UNHCR’s spokesperson Andreas Kirchhof on the Covid-19 situation in the refugee camps across the Middle East.
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