Ibrahim Hamidi

Ibrahim Hamidi
Features Two Syrian soldiers conduct a demining exercise near Damascus on June 19. (AFP)

Can Russia Revive the Adana Agreement between Syria and Turkey?

Whenever Turkey threatens to launch a military operation in northern Syria to establish a “safe zone,” Russia puts on the mediation table the revival of the…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)
Features Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Meqdad meets with UN envoy Geir Pedersen in Damascus on May 22. (AFP)

Why Does Russia Want to Remove the Syrian Political Process from Geneva?

Damascus has informed United Nations envoy Geir Pedersen that it would not send its delegation to Geneva to participate in the ninth round of the…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)
Features A member of the "Emergency Response Team" volunteer group hands out meat freshly-butchered and packaged as part of the commemoration for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha to people at a camp for Syrians displaced by conflict, in the village of Killi in the Syrian opposition-held northwestern city of Idlib on July 10, 2022. (AFP)

Int’l Resolution to Help Syrians. Is a Russian-American Settlement Possible?

Last-gasp negotiations are underway to salvage the international resolution that allows cross-border aid to reach Syria. Russia had last week vetoed the…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)
Features Boys look at opposition fighters in the countryside of Aleppo, northern Syria (AFP)

Syria: Small Wars, Big Battles

Can “small wars” in the near or immediate future shake the stalemate in Syria? What are the priorities of acting states in the Syrian file? Where do the…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)
Features A boy rides a bike during a sandstorm in Syria's Idlib on June 2. (AP)

Russia, Syria and the ‘Ukrainian Volcano’

Two new developments in Syria unveiled once again the extent to which the country is affected by the Russian war in Ukraine. This time, the wind is blowing…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)
Features Israeli army soldiers take part in an exercise in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights near the border with Syria on June 13, 2022. (Photo by JALAA MAREY / AFP)

The Possible Changes in Syria are External

Eleven years after the start of the protests and the outbreak of the conflict, and following two years of stability along the lines of contact between the…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)
Arab World The text of the opposition delegation’s proposal on the constitution and international agreements and the text of the government delegation’s proposal on state institutions (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Syria Constitutional Talks Conclude 8th Session, Position on Army ‘Thwarts’ Discussions in Geneva

Once again, the position regarding the Syrian state institutions, especially the army, thwarted the sessions of the Constitutional Committee in Geneva. A…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)
Features  Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the UN Headquarters in New York on September 24, 2019. (AP)

Syria 'Safe Zone': 3 Options for Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has renewed his demand to establish a safe zone, devoid of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) and Kurdistan…

Ibrahim Hamidi (London)