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Kheder Khaddour is a nonresident scholar at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. His research centers on civil military relations and local identities in the Levant, with a focus on Syria.
Kheder Khaddour is a nonresident scholar at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. His research centers on civil military relations and local identities in the Levant, with a focus on Syria.
Previously Khaddour has been a visiting scholar at the University of Chicago. He has conducted independent research for the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, and has worked as an independent journalist for Reuters.
Khaddour’s most recent publications include Eastern Expectations: The Changing Dynamics in Syria’s Tribal Regions (co-authored with Kevin Mazur, February 2017); How Regional Security Concerns Uniquely Constrain Governance in Northeastern Syria (March 2017); Local Wars and the Chance for Decentralized Peace in Syria (March 2017) and Back to What Future? What Remains for Syria’s Displaced People (January 2018).
Syrian officials know that unless they control areas east of the Euphrates, the regime will not be able to stabilize itself.
The complex situation along Syria’s northern border with Turkey makes any settlement there difficult.
Because of Covid-19 restrictions, researchers have had to find alternative ways of getting information.
Turkey is altering the nature of Syrian border areas, perhaps presaging more far-reaching steps.
The Makhlouf affair may accelerate a generalized collapse of Syria’s economy and effective control over the country.
Albukamal and Qaim lie on a Syrian-Iraqi boundary that has had regional implications for decades.
The Syrian-Iraqi border has become a point of confrontation among regional and international powers.
By integrating pro-regime armed groups into state structures, the Assad regime has created a hybrid military order.
In the midst of Syria’s wartime devastation, the regime saw a path to its own revival.
Why the conflict against the Islamic State will profoundly reshape the ties and networks in Deir Ezzor.
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