Annia Ciezadlo is a Senior Editor at Syria Deeply. She has been living and reporting in the Middle East since 2003, focusing on the politics of food and civilian life during wartime. She was a special correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor in Baghdad (2003–2004) and The New Republic in Beirut (2005–2007). She is the author of the award-winning book Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, War, and Love. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/annia-ciedazlo/rss en War Economy Tue, 14 Feb 2017 07:11:11 +0000 Annia Ciezadlo https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2017/02/14/after-battle-for-wadi-barada-the-damascus-water-war-isnt-over https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2017/02/14/after-battle-for-wadi-barada-the-damascus-water-war-isnt-over Muhammad Fares, a Syrian journalist from Wadi Barada, discusses the long history of water as a weapon in the Damascus suburbs and the river valley that contains the larger story of the Syrian conflict. Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Mon, 19 Dec 2016 14:50:16 +0000 Annia Ciezadlo https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/12/19/analysis-the-world-according-to-trump-and-what-it-may-mean-for-syria https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/12/19/analysis-the-world-according-to-trump-and-what-it-may-mean-for-syria Rebel-held Aleppo was the first casualty of President-elect Donald Trump’s emerging world order. Here, Annia Ciezadlo explains what to expect next in Syria. Government & Pro-Government Forces Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Wed, 14 Dec 2016 14:29:11 +0000 Annia Ciezadlo https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/12/14/analysis-the-fall-of-aleppo-is-a-warning-to-others-who-oppose-assad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/12/14/analysis-the-fall-of-aleppo-is-a-warning-to-others-who-oppose-assad For moderate, unarmed rebels, as well as anyone wanted by the government, the rapid and brutal offensive to retake east Aleppo is a sign of what’s to come elsewhere in Syria. Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Government & Pro-Government Forces ISIS Wed, 23 Nov 2016 07:37:24 +0000 Annia Ciezadlo https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/11/23/analysis-trump-is-the-u-s-president-assad-has-been-waiting-for https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/11/23/analysis-trump-is-the-u-s-president-assad-has-been-waiting-for The new U.S. president wants his Syrian counterpart to stay. Journalist Annia Ciezadlo explains what that’s going to mean for the nearly half of Syrian civilians who are stranded by war. Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs ISIS Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Mon, 31 Oct 2016 12:41:01 +0000 Annia Ciezadlo https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/10/31/long-read-the-u-s-has-intervened-in-syria-but-not-in-the-way-you-think https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/10/31/long-read-the-u-s-has-intervened-in-syria-but-not-in-the-way-you-think The United States intervened militarily in Syria under the premise of the “war on terror” and the fight against ISIS, but their presence is actually helping the Syrian government. ISIS War Economy Thu, 20 Oct 2016 08:16:36 +0000 Annia Ciezadlo https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2016/10/20/green-gold-how-isis-is-making-as-much-money-from-wheat-as-from-oil https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2016/10/20/green-gold-how-isis-is-making-as-much-money-from-wheat-as-from-oil As ISIS comes under increased attack in some of the region’s most fertile lands, Middle East agriculture researcher Eckart Woertz discusses how the militant group shrewdly chose to export a renewable resource. Government & Pro-Government Forces Mon, 03 Oct 2016 16:01:57 +0000 Annia Ciezadlo https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/10/03/analysis-why-assads-propaganda-isnt-as-crazy-as-it-seems https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/10/03/analysis-why-assads-propaganda-isnt-as-crazy-as-it-seems The Syrian government’s recent tourism videos of beautiful scenery and nightlife look ludicrous to Westerners who know the brutal truth about Aleppo – but the West isn’t the intended audience for this publicity blitz. Displacement Government & Pro-Government Forces Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Thu, 15 Sep 2016 15:05:26 +0000 Annia Ciezadlo https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/09/15/long-read-game-of-shrines-and-the-road-to-darayya https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/09/15/long-read-game-of-shrines-and-the-road-to-darayya As the Syrian government and its allied militias evacuate mostly Sunni populations from rebel-held areas, sectarian narratives are filling the vacuum. Displacement Government & Pro-Government Forces Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Mon, 05 Sep 2016 13:35:33 +0000 Annia Ciezadlo https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/09/05/analysis-how-evacuating-al-waer-and-other-darayyas-will-help-assad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/09/05/analysis-how-evacuating-al-waer-and-other-darayyas-will-help-assad The recent ultimatum directed at the besieged city of Darayya is just one example of a larger strategy of brutal population displacement that Assad’s government will use to regain control of opposition-held Syria. Government & Pro-Government Forces Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:20:20 +0000 Annia Ciezadlo https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/08/22/analysis-no-end-to-aleppos-brutal-stalemate https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/08/22/analysis-no-end-to-aleppos-brutal-stalemate Fighting and airstrikes may be increasing in Aleppo, but this is not a sign that the more than four-year-old stalemate in Syria’s largest city is approaching an end. Government & Pro-Government Forces War Economy Thu, 11 Aug 2016 07:11:12 +0000 Annia Ciezadlo https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/08/11/the-siege-sector-why-starving-civilians-is-big-business https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/08/11/the-siege-sector-why-starving-civilians-is-big-business As 2 million people are at risk of coming under siege in Aleppo, researcher Will Todman speaks to Syria Deeply about the war economy that has taken hold in besieged areas across the country. Civil Society Displacement Education Tue, 26 Jul 2016 13:01:20 +0000 Annia Ciezadlo https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/07/26/for-syrians-in-lebanon-school-is-like-a-miracle https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/07/26/for-syrians-in-lebanon-school-is-like-a-miracle A quarter of a million Syrian children are growing up in Lebanon without an education. We look at the obstacle course they have to cross to get into the classroom. Civil Society Solutions War Economy Mon, 18 Jul 2016 13:35:26 +0000 Annia Ciezadlo https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/07/18/sowing-hope-and-weeding-out-siege-profiteers https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/07/18/sowing-hope-and-weeding-out-siege-profiteers In Syria’s besieged areas, civilians are planting their own urban gardens to make up for the lack of humanitarian aid and exorbitant cost of black-market food.