Past event

Damascus Balancing Under Pressure: Centre for Syrian Studies Panel Discussion CSS Teams Event

The Syrian government faces multiple pressures from external and internal actors, exacerbated by the Gaza cantered crisis sweeping the region. How is it trying to negotiate the multiple challenges and minefields it faces.

A panel of scholars of Syria will examine several dimensions of the simmering crisis –

Marwan Kabalan, Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies, Doha, Syria's strategy

Nasrin Akhter, St Andrews, Syria in the Gaza Crisis

Igor Matveev, Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow: Russia and Syria in the Gaza Crisis

Mohammed al-Ashmar, St Andrews, Diaspora anti-regime activism in the West.

Ola Rifai, St Andrews, Internal crises and the outside: Suwayda and Idlib

Chair Raymond Hinnebusch, St. Andrews

Email – [email protected] for the link to join.