Aron Lund

@aronlund

I write about the Middle East, mostly for The Century Foundation, The New Humanitarian, and the Swedish Institute of International Affairs.

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    Jun 13

    The UN says more than twenty healthcare facilities in the Idlib region have been bombed since late April. My new report looks at one of the grimmest facets of the war in Syria, the killing of those whose job it is to save lives:

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  2. 3 hours ago

    Thought-provoking essay on Syria's "Sunni question," described as a structural contradiction that cannot be resolved by secular ideology unless empowered by strong and equitable institutions. Which, to put it mildly, is not the case now.

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  3. 4 hours ago

    This is really good!

    -n businesspeople face harrowing conditions as they contemplate reinvesting in the country. We unpack the practical considerations they face and what their decisions mean for the future.…
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  4. 5 hours ago

    Very much worth reading: tries to find the sweet spot where constructive EU-Russia cooperation on Syria would become possible.

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  5. Jun 19

    New NW Syria healthcare statistics for April 2019, by . Red dot means respondents said medical assistance wasn't available to people in their town/area; black dot means they said it was. Capacity and quality of that healthcare is another matter.

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  6. Jun 19

    Såvitt jag vet, och rätta mig om jag har fel, är detta första gången under kriget som UD:s Syriensändebud genomför ett officiellt besök i kurdiskkontrollerade nordöstra Syrien. Det är nog inte helt orelaterat till IS-svenskarna och regeringens tribunalidé.

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    An official Swedish delegation visiting north and east Syria met with officials from the region's self-administration
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  7. Jun 19

    On June 24, Israel will host a meeting with Russia and the United States, gathering John Bolton, Nikolai Patrushev, and Meir Ben-Shabbat in one room where they can yell at each other about Syria and Iran. : :

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  8. Jun 19

    On the S-400 game of chicken, by .

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  9. Jun 19

    OCHA chief Mark Lowcock tells the Security Council that UN-deconflicted clinics were indeed among those attacked in Syria, and OCHA will present conclusions on the matter next week. On the deconfliction system and why this matters:

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    Jun 18

    so ends the Facebook Revolution

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    Virtually all newspapers in ran the same 42-word story on the death of . It was WhatsApped to news editors by a govt official.…
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  11. Jun 16

    Interactive map by shows, in very granular detail, how the Israeli occupying authorities' have closed off, carved up, annexed, and colonized Palestinian lands since 1967. via

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  12. Jun 16

    Two very good, level-headed texts on the crop fires in Syria. • : • :

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  13. Jun 16

    The Sahel in Flames: 's big briefing package on the humanitarian crises, jihadi insurgencies, and ethnic conflicts metastasizing across the Sahel and West Africa. Graphics, maps, and backgrounders on specific issues and nations. Don't miss!

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    Jun 16

    Never forget this gem by Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow. A musical ode to Turkmenistan.

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    トルクメニスタン大統領…？！ ポップすぎるでしょ
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  15. Jun 16

    Turkey! America! Breathe and count to ten, by .

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  16. Jun 16

    . in the Shaitat area of Deir al-Zor, which appears to be a rather complicated place.

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  17. Jun 16

    The Turkish Defense Ministry says it has retaliated against Syrian troops after an attack on one of its outposts in Idlib, and Cavusoglu insists that Russia and Iran are responsible for reining in their Syrian ally under the Astana agreement.

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  18. Jun 16

    Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Bou Saab says Russia can help demarcate the Syria-Lebanon sea border, hinting it would benefit Novatek's undersea gas exploration. He also hems and haws a little bit about those old Russia-Lebanon military cooperation plans.

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  19. Jun 16

    "Even war has rules – but in Syria, there are none." Two op-eds by on the attacks on hospitals in Syria:

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  20. Jun 16

    ‘Orientalism,’ then and now – .

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    Jun 14

    Algerians keep protesting for 17th consecutive week despite arrest of top officials

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