Leila Al-Shami

1 month ago | qantara.de | Joseph Daher |Karim El-Gawhary |Karim el-Gawhary |Mohammed Magdy |Leila Al-Shami

Syria's economic recovery · 13.03.2025 Syrians are facing immense economic challenges—an unstable currency, shortages and a soaring cost of living—while the transitional government doubles down on Assad's neoliberal policies. True recovery demands a new approach. https://qantara.de/en/node/44323 Print The fall of Assad in December 2024 raised hopes for a brighter future in Syria. But as the country looks to rebuild its economy, enormous challenges remain.

Dec 4, 2024 | newpol.org | Leila Al-Shami |Dan Fischer

Syrians are under no illusions; whatever comes after Assad will be a mess. But for millions of Syrians nothing can be worse than this genocidal fascist regime, writes Leila al-Shami [photo credit: Getty Images]Originally published by The New ArabEight years after Aleppo was subjected to a brutal starvation siege, pounded by the Assad regime, Russian and Iranian bombs and thousands of its residents massacred or forcibly displaced, the Free Syria flag flies over the citadel.

Dec 4, 2024 | newpol.org | Leila Al-Shami

Leila Al-Shami is British-Syrian, has been involved in human rights and social justice struggles in Syria and elsewhere in the region since 2000, and is co-author (with Robin Yassin-Kassab) of Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War (Jan 2016, Feb 2018).

Dec 2, 2024 | english.alaraby.co.uk | Leila Al-Shami

Eight years after Aleppo was subjected to a brutal starvation siege, pounded by the Assad regime, Russian and Iranian bombs and thousands of its residents massacred or forcibly displaced, the Free Syria flag flies over the citadel. The rebel advance and consequent crumbling of regime forces took everyone by surprise, rapidly changing the map of power across northern Syria which had remained largely frozen since 2020 power-sharing agreements between Russia, Turkey and Iran.

Dec 2, 2024 | newarab.com | Leila Al-Shami

Eight years after Aleppo was subjected to a brutal starvation siege, pounded by the Assad regime, Russian and Iranian bombs and thousands of its residents massacred or forcibly displaced, the Free Syria flag flies over the citadel. The rebel advance and consequent crumbling of regime forces took everyone by surprise, rapidly changing the map of power across northern Syria which had remained largely frozen since 2020 power-sharing agreements between Russia, Turkey and Iran.