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A Lot to Learn: California Falls Behind in Water Management
The Golden State leads the world in technology, but is hardly a model in handling its own water resources.
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10 Questions: David Malcolm, Showerhead Innovator
As creator of High Sierra Showerheads, David Malcolm offers a shower that might make you forget about the drought – but which still uses only 1.5 gallons of water per minute.
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Jan Egeland: It’s Time to Change the Narrative for Syria’s Refugees
Jan Egeland tells Syria Deeply that a real opportunity and obligation exists to pull together at an international level to change Syria’s story.
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Syria’s Two-Wheeled Lifelines
Bicycles are becoming an increasingly valuable commodity.
- Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces
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Voices from Inside the ‘Giant Prison’ of Raqqa
Syria Deeply spoke by satellite phone and email with people living in Raqqa.
- Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs
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Former Chief Prosecutor Decries Lack of Will to Prosecute War Crimes
“We have a solid case against all of the parties involved in this tragedy: The Syrian regime, the FSA [Free Syrian Army], ISIS, the jihadist groups.”.
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With Diesel Scarce, Syrians Turn to Solar Power as an Emerging Energy Option
‘Syria must be rebuilt with solar power, as it is the next revolutionary leap of our time’.
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Election Shows Off Assad’s Confidence, Cements His Position in Power
Experts say the vote will affect not only the Syrian president but his allies, the opposition and the regime’s standing among global powers.
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Voices: Who I’m Voting for Tomorrow
This week’s presidential elections are the first national vote held in decades. We talk to pro-government and pro-rebel Syrians from across the country, asking who they’re voting for and why.
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Week in Review: A Push to Bend Global Rules, as the World Fails Syria’s Conflict
To give you an overview of the latest news this week, we’ve organized the latest Syrian developments in a curated summary.
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Week in Review: Pitching Justice in the Midst of War
To give you an overview of the latest news this week, we’ve organized the latest Syrian developments in a curated summary.
- Human Rights
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The Case for Referring Syria to the ICC
We look at what it will take to refer Assad’s government to the Hague, and the case being built around it at the U.N. Security Council.
- Human Rights
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U.N. Security Council Looks at Torture and Abuse
On Tuesday the U.N. Security Council will convene privately to consider and view images from a report about the alleged torture and execution of detainees by the Syrian government.
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Analyzing Russia’s Support For Assad
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been Bashar al-Assad’s vital political ally since the start of the Syrian conflict three years ago.
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Syria: Towards a Strategic Reappraisal
News Deeply Contributor
News Deeply Contributor
The closing session of the 2013 Atlantic Council Energy and Economic Summit in Istanbul featured a lively discussion of what to do about the mess that is Syria.
- Government & Pro-Government Forces
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Syrians Are Now Eating Everything from Cats to Leaves to Survive
David Kenner
David Kenner
CAIRO - In a town that lies less than eight miles from the center of Damascus, Syrians are starving to death. Some children in Muadamiyah have resorted to eating leaves to survive, while a group of Muslim clerics also issued a fatwa that the consumption of dogs and cats was permissible for the area’s residents.
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In Syrian State Media, Regime Confidence on Display in Wake of UNGA
In the wake of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting, Syrian state media showed the Assad government’s confidence.
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Open Letter: Let Us Treat Patients in Syria
Syria Deeply Staff
Syria Deeply Staff
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- Government & Pro-Government Forces
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The Next Big Challenges on Syria
Jared Genser
Jared Genser
Washington – Last night, President Obama gave an impassioned and reasoned plea to a skeptical American public about why it is so critical for the United States to respond to Bashar al-Assad’s deploying of chemical weapons against his own people.
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Syria, Obama, and the Value-Interest
Julian Lindley-French
Julian Lindley-French
President Obama’s 31 August decision to authorize but delay a military strike against Syria’s Bashar al-Assad’s regime in the wake of the alleged use of chemical weapons is an important moment. Taken together with the 29 August decision of Britain’s Parliament to deny Prime Minister Cameron permission to use force two changes are apparent. .
- Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs
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Plenty of Room for Russia- US Cooperation on Syria’s Crisis
Adrian Pabst
Adrian Pabst
- Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs
- Government & Pro-Government Forces
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Would Intervention in Syria Be Legal?
If U.S. President Barack Obama decides to intervene in Syria, will he go in without the approval and backing of the United Nations Security Council? And if he does, what would be the consequences of the strike?
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Q+A: How Would Russia React to a Strike on Syria?
In a weekend call between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Lavrov reportedly warned that a U.S. strike on Syria would have “extremely dangerous consequences.”.
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Searching for Syria’s Che Guevara
Dina Shahrokhi
Dina Shahrokhi
Last week on Syria Deeply, Jenan Moussa argued that Syria has “no Joan of Arc” – no woman who has taken a leadership role in the revolution. Even bigger than the potential gender gap is that Syria has no charismatic leader – period. Nobody in Syria symbolizes or personifies the revolution. Syria has no Che Guevara.
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The Deep Read: How the World’s Largest Democracy Is Handling the “Syria Issue”
NEW DELHI / More than 3,000 miles separate New Delhi and Damascus, but for Indian diplomats, the two-year-old crisis in Syria must feel much closer. For India, the global community’s sharp debates over Syria have less to do with Syria – India and Syria enjoy a casual rapport – and more to do with the fragile network of allegiances and interests that India has built over the past decades, now being tested by new international pressures.
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Syria Deeply Asks: Why Did NATO Intervene in Libya, and Not in Syria?
As a regular feature, inspired by your questions about the Syria conflict, we’ve rounded up answers from some of the top minds in our network. If you’d like to submit a question for us to tackle send it to <[email protected]>.
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Why Does Moscow Back the Assad Regime?
Mark Katz
Mark Katz
Professor Mark Katz, PhD, is a professor of Russian and Soviet politics at George Mason University and a leading voice on Russian-Arab relations. He’s a former Soviet analyst for the State Department, onetime Brookings fellow and the author of numerous books on Soviet policies in the Arab world.
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MSF: Syria’s Hospitals Are Now a War Zone
In June, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) opened a hospital in the Idlib region in northern Syria, an area under rebel control. Fabrice Weissman, MSF’s operations advisor, returned from a mission in Syria in early December. He was particularly struck by the breadth of the needs and the lack of international response.
- Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs
- Op-Eds
U.S. Stands to Unnecessarily Lose the Post-Assad Peace
Ari Ratner
Ari Ratner
Ari Ratner is a former appointee in the Obama Administration, where he served as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment. You can follow him on twitter at @amratner.
- Civil Society
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There’s More Than One Way to Lose a Life
Rahaf Harfoush
Rahaf Harfoush
Rahaf Harfoush is a Syrian-Canadian digital strategist with a deep passion for exploring how technology affects the way we work, play, and communicate. She is based in Paris and currently working on her second book, entitled ArchiTechs: How to Work, Govern & Learn in a Hyper-Connected World.
- Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces
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Social Media Buzz: Islamist Fighters Spur Fears as Rebels Advance
The Syrian revolution has been televised, tweeted and blogged. Millions of Syrians are using social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Skype to disseminate and discuss the conflict. We will highlight a few interesting conversations or videos in a weekly feature called Social Media Buzz.
- Civil Society
- Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces
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In a Diplomatic Rumblings, Syria’s Next Great Hope?
It comes as a surprise, just days after a failed ceasefire over the Muslim holiday weekend. But a political solution in Syria, a formula for an alternative to the Assad regime, could be right around the corner.
- Civil Society
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Assessing Syria: Seeking a Way Forward
Taufiq Rahim
Taufiq Rahim
Taufiq Rahim is a Dubai-based political analyst and strategist. He is the Director of Globesight, a strategic advisory firm for organizations working in the MENA region. He is regular contributor to print, TV, and online media and blogs on TheGeopolitico.com.
- Civil Society
- Government & Pro-Government Forces
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Syria Tests the Power of the Rule of Law
David M. Crane
Professor, Syracuse University College of Law
David M. Crane Professor, Syracuse University College of Law
David Crane is a professor at the Syracuse University College of Law and was the founding chief prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, 2002-2005, an international war crimes tribunal for West Africa.
- Civil Society
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Why We Need Syria Deeply
Mike Lee
Mike Lee
Mike Lee covered the world for four decades as a foreign correspondent with ABC News and CBS News. He is now retired and serves as an editorial advisor to Syria Deeply.