Join MERIP and Spectre Journal in the third installment of our Syria at the Crossroads conversation series. This conversation will center on the recent sectarian clashes in Suweida and further Israeli incursions in Syria, and ongoing efforts at transitional justice for the victims of the Assad regime. The conversation will feature scholars and activists Sara Ajlyakin, Sana Mustafa and Yasser Munif, and will be moderated by Shireen Akram-Boshar (Spectre) and James Ryan (MERIP).

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