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The MERIP Podcast Episode Four: Syria at the Crossroads I

This week on the feed is the audio recording of our zoom event "Syria at the Crossroads: Popular Revolt, Counterrevolution, and Regional Transformation" featuring Leila Al-Shami, Wafa Mustafa, and Djene Bajalan. Syria at the Crossroads is a special event series co-produced by MERIP and SPECTRE: A Marxist Journal.

James Ryan • 1 min read

Dispatch from Nyala, Sudan’s Second City — Nyala, in south Darfur, 2016. Ashraf Shazly/AFP via Getty Images

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Dispatch from Nyala, Sudan’s Second City

The battle for Nyala—Sudan’s second largest city and the capital of South Darfur state—was a turning point in the current war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). When the SAF’s garrison in Nyala fell to the RSF on October 26,

Raduan Abdallah M. Ali • 9 min read

Land, Livestock and Darfur’s 'Culture Wars' — Sudanese who had been forced off of their land in Darfur and were living on the outskirts of El Fasher in Abu Shuk Camp begin farming again, 2007. Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images.

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Land, Livestock and Darfur’s 'Culture Wars'

How austerity politics and the changing environment have fueled war in Sudan.

Edward Thomas • 12 min read

Land, Livestock and Darfur’s 'Culture Wars' — Sudanese who had been forced off of their land in Darfur and were living on the outskirts of El Fasher in Abu Shuk Camp begin farming again, 2007. Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images.

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Land, Livestock and Darfur’s 'Culture Wars'

How austerity politics and the changing environment have fueled war in Sudan.

Edward Thomas • 12 min read

Dispatch from Taiz—Yemen’s Passage to Peace — Traffic on a heavily damaged narrow road that serves as a lifeline between Taiz and the southern port of Aden, 2022. Ahmad al-Basha/AFP via Getty ImagesAn open-air market in Taiz, Yemen, 2022. Ahmad al-Basha/AFP via Getty Images

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Dispatch from Taiz—Yemen’s Passage to Peace

The "peripheral" city is central to peace in Yemen.

Mohammed al-Qadhi • 7 min read