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Welcome to the archives of Syria Deeply. While we paused regular publication of the site on May 15, 2018, and transitioned some of our coverage to Peacebuilding Deeply, we are happy to serve as an ongoing public resource on the Syrian conflict. We hope you’ll enjoy the reporting and analysis that was produced by our dedicated community of editors contributors.
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The latest insights on the ongoing conflict in Syria from researchers, community leaders and policymakers.
Follow via RSSPatrick Hilsman
Patrick Hilsman currently works for Transterra media and is a contributor to Syria Deeply. Patrick graduated from Columbia University where he studied Political Science.He recently appeared on BBC from Aleppo as a Syria Deeply contributor. .
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.
Ben Gittleson
Ben Gittleson is a freelance journalist based in Cairo who has covered the region for a number of publications, including The Atlantic, The Daily Beast*, and ESPN.com. He has also reported on the Syrian refugee crisis for* The National and Al-Monitor*. Follow him on Twitter* @bgittleson.
Amal Hanano
Amal Hanano is the pen name for a Syrian-American writer and political analyst who’s become one of the most prominent online voices of Syria’s civil war. She writes long-form profile pieces for Syria Deeply, while her work also appears in Foreign Policy and The National, among other publications. You can find her on Twitter as @amalhanano. .
Kristin Nolan
Kristin is a contributing editor and development manager at Syria Deeply. She has extensive work experience in the non-profit sector, focusing on human rights in Arab and Muslim communities worldwide.
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.
Beshr Kayali
Beshr is a software developer based in Beirut. He founded TweetWeekSyria, a localization of the Curators of Sweden project based on the concept of #RotationCuration. He’s passionate about open source, algorithms, and indie music.”.
Patrick Hilsman
Patrick Hilsman is an American journalist based in Beirut, contributing to Syria Deeply. Last week he was reporting from Aleppo during Syria’s nationwide internet blackout. A satellite connection made him one of the few people in Syria still connected to the web; he used the connection to join us in a Google Hangout from Aleppo. This is his log of the trip, in and out of a warzone. .
Lara Setrakian Co-Founder and Executive Editor, News Deeply
Lara Setrakian is a foreign correspondent and the founder of Syria Deeply. She’s covered the Middle East and US foreign policy for the past five years, filing for ABC News, Bloomberg Television, the International Herald Tribune, and Monocle Magazine. She pioneered the use of social media in covering Iran’s election crisis in 2009 and lives on Twitter as @lara. .
Lauren Wolfe
Lauren Wolfe is the director of Women Under Siege**, a Women’s Media Center initiative on sexualized violence in conflict. She blogs at laurenmwolfe.com and can be found on Twitter at *@Wolfe321**.*.
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.
Henry Langston, Vice Media
Henry Langston, news editor for Vice Media, monitors Syria as part of his weekly column on global affairs. .
Jordan Hattar
Jordan Hattar is a junior at California State University, Long Beach. He founded www.help4refugees.org, a website to help Syrians civilians suffering in the crisis. He delivered aid and began reporting on the Za’atri refugee camp in Jordan three weeks ago, filing stories and images for Syria Deeply.
Andrew Beiter and Joseph Karb
Andrew Beiter and Joseph Karb are Social Studies teachers at Springville Middle School in Springville, New York. Beiter is also the Director of the Summer Institute for Human Rights and Genocide Studies of Buffalo, which co-sponsored the I Am Syria campaign. More information on how you and your students can get involved is available at www.iamsyria.org.
Tala Mukaddam
Tala Mukaddam is a journalist based in Beirut, Lebanon who spent nearly 18 months chronicling the crisis in Syria through English and Arabic social media. .
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.
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.
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