As Syria turns to private investment to finance reconstruction, the absence of a rights-based framework risks reproducing patterns that took shape under the Assad regime.

Growing up during the aftermath of the 2011 uprising, Gen Z Egyptians seek their voice.

Despite improvements in press freedom in post-Assad Syria, more must be done to protect independent and critical voices.

More than one million Sudanese refugees in Egypt are facing increasing pressure, being caught between a legal vacuum, crackdown campaigns, and the discourse of “voluntary return”.

Syria’s transitional authorities have embraced a political-economic model that favors big capital, breeds new forms of cronyism, and leans on austerity policies.