Steven Heydemann

@SHeydemann

Janet W. Ketcham 1953 Chair and Professor, ME Studies, Smith College; Senior Nonresident Fellow, Brookings Institution Center for ME Policy.

DC and Northampton, MA
Joined August 2011
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    Fed study: Trump tariffs backfired, caused job losses and higher prices

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    4 × Libyan Passenger Planes heading to Tripoli, from Istanbul, . I caught this at 9:02 Eastern Time.

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  3. 8 hours ago

    The fascinating tale of ICARDA in Syria. What the earth shall yield”: The Syrian War, Seed banks, and the Coming Apocalypse - Los Angeles Review of Books

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  4. 8 hours ago

    Sigh. Meetings In Riyadh to Choose SNC Independent Figures | Asharq AL-awsat

  5. 8 hours ago

    Will Turkey “volunteer” Syrians for combat in Libya?

    Turkey accepts invitation to deploy troops to Libya, Erdogan says
  6. 9 hours ago

    The “benign” PYD dictatorship of Rojava showing some cracks. Kurdish opposition parties refuse to reopen offices in NE Syria |

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  7. 9 hours ago

    How long till Idlib falls? Group: NW Syria at Breaking Point, Warns of More Displaced - The New York Times

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    Dec 27

    Idlib in northwest Syria is under attack from Russian and Syrian jets. Here’s what one resident told us. talks to of .

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    Dec 27

    General Assembly approves financing of for war crimes in . A very important vote that allows the Mechanism to function with UN budget resources, giving it more predictability and legitimacy – at United Nations General Assembly

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    Dec 27

    So much loss and so much need as winter arrives.

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    Syrian Refugee camp in Arsal is being hit hard with snowstorm. Reports on diesel shortages and lack of heating…
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  11. Dec 27

    Report Documenting Violations by Russian-Syrian Alliance since December 15 in Northwest Syria, many of Which Constitute War Crimes - Syrian Network for Human Rights

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  12. Dec 27

    Those troops Turkey’s sending to Libya? Turns out they’re Syrian opposition fighters. WTF. Turkey to send Syrian rebel fighters to battle Haftar in Libya | Middle East Eye

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    Dec 27

    As part of the “popular uprising” in , demonstrations denounce “ ’s” policy and in , demand the release of detainees

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    Dec 25

    This , like many winters before, force thousands of civilians to flee their destroyed homes to an uncertain fate. A few years ago it was , now Art

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  15. Dec 27

    Important read. The imperative of accountability for Syrian perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

    “If we let the al-Assad regime go unpunished, it will be like giving carte blanche to the world’s dictators. If international law collapses, what will become of our societies?”
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    Dec 27

    Russian warplanes bomb the city of in the southern countryside of Idlib with high-explosive missiles

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    Dec 27

    After about 72 of airstrike stoppage, warplanes of the “guarantor” and the regime resume raids on countryside

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    Dec 27

    Syria war: More than 235,000 people flee Idlib region as Putin-Assad Air Force continues its reign of terror (replete with ongoing WAR CRIMES)

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  19. Dec 26

    Will Syrian oil revenues contribute to reconstruction? – Enab Baladi

  20. Dec 26

    Unidentified gunmen kidnap two officers of Syrian regime forces in Daraa  – Enab Baladi

  21. Dec 26

    Well. That’s that, then. Trump Warns Russia, Syria and Iran Not to Kill Innocent Civilians in Syria's Idlib Province

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    Dec 26

    “There has been little indication that Prince Mohammed has been chastened by the global outrage...Last month, 8 writers, bloggers & journalists were detained. The case of women’s rights activists arrested 18 months ago remains unresolved.”

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    Dec 26

    Eight-year-old Jamil was deprived of his father since birth. Today Jamil has lost his home too as his family fled death and bombing along with more than 216K people from and countryside. His future is uncertain like so many in recent days.

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    Dec 26

    Berlin! Saturday at 1 pm, in front of the Russian embassy! For Idlib, for Aleppo, for Ghouta, for Daraa, and for Syria! Down with the Russian, Iranian, American, and turkish occupations!

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  25. Dec 26

    Interesting account of efforts to reform Syrian law, before 2011, to promote gender equality, and the fate of these efforts since the uprising. In Arabic. The author is a former participant in legal reform efforts on behalf of women.

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    Dec 24

    لقاء مع الاستاذة الجامعية ريما ماجد وأحد مؤسسي تجمع مهنيات ومهنيين في لبنان، تتحدث فيه عن تجربة التجمع وكيف تشكل من قلب الثورة. وتتطرق إلى أهداف التجمع، وتنسيقه مع المجموعات، ومدى تفاعله مع تجارب مماثلة في البلدان العربية الأخرى. المقابلة:

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  27. Dec 26

    From Yassin Al Haj Saleh on the imperative of accountability. Syria war: The love of my life disappeared six years ago, but still I cling to hope | Middle East Eye

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    Dec 26

    "As the decade comes to a close, I am faced with the dark truth that we live in a world far worse than we did 10 years ago - worse even than we dare admit to ourselves"

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  29. Dec 26

    Idlib. Massive stream of displaced from Maarat al-Nouman

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    Surreal scenes from - thousands of families leave as Russian warplanes & the Assad regime double their airstrikes and attacks on Northern Syria. Families taking shelter in the middle of the border highway as the…
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    Dec 25

    STOP WITH THE MODERATE! SHE IS NO MODERATE! THERE ARE NO MODERATE REPUBLICANS!!!

    Moderate GOP senator "disturbed" by Mitch McConnell's coordination with the White House
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    Dec 25

    Oman has embarked on a fast track to capital raising, seeking a number of privatizations of state-owned assets, but the investors coming to the rescue are a new kind — states and state-owned entities, many from China

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  32. Dec 25

    Caesar Act: economic chokehold to adjust political behavior – Enab Baladi

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    Dec 25

    This graph from the FT article by and shows the moment when the caravan cut off the souk.

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    Dec 24

    . is Syrian. He's on a hunger strike in front of the Russian Ambassador's house in D.C. to protest the murder of 130+ civilians, incl 30+ children, & the displacement of 200k+ by the Russian & Assad regimes since the beginning of Dec.

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    Dec 24

    ميلاد مجيد

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    Dec 24

    Al-Assad militia bombs the town of in the southern countryside of Idlib with high-explosive missiles and heavy artillery

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    Dec 24

    Good synopsis by of what’s happening in today. Grateful to for underscoring Assad’s continued use of the most brutal war crimes in pursuit of his goals. We should not stand idly by.

    more civilian deaths as Syria regime w/Russia help, pursues its war: Joshua Landis argues world has turned away, allowing Bashar al-Assad to act with impunity, but Steven Heydemann says it's Assad "war crimes" that are now horrifying the rest of the world
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    Dec 23

    Russia’s plan to cut off humanitarian aid is part of a larger drive to force aid groups to work through Syrian gov’t. That gives Assad control over lifesaving aid, letting him feed his supporters & starve anyone who resists his cruel rule. in

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    Dec 24

    A desperate appeal from a Bahraini dissident who was tortured to confess: His execution has been set for Christmas Day "so that you won't notice."

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    Dec 24

    It’s incredible that after 8 years of war there are still soldiers who need more refrigerators.

    Today’s SVBIED by HTS passed by a group of Syrian loyalists unhindered in the town of Jarjanez, because the loyalists were busy looting the homes of civilians who escaped the town. Symbolic.
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