(Research Tool), Karam Shaar Advisory LTD, 25 Apr 2025 This tool provides up-to-date information on the composition of Syria’s interim government. It offers detailed, filterable data on ministers’ gender, governorate of origin, educational background and country of study, current country of residence, religion, sect, ethnicity, military affiliation, and past or

This tool offers real-time tracking of the exchange rate set by the Syrian Central Bank for humanitarian aid and UN agencies compared with the black market rate. It also shows the gap between the two, helping donors and researchers monitor aid diversion.

(Research Tool), Dr Karam Shaar, 22 May 2024 This tool maps the top 100 private and public-private Syrian suppliers to various United Nations agencies in 2021-2022. Each supplier is classified into one human rights-related risk level following the criteria outlined in this report. Circle sizes denote the value of procurement

This is a mapping of the top 100 private and public-private Syrian suppliers to various United Nations agencies in 2019-2020. Each supplier is classified into one human rights-related risk level following the criteria outlined in this report. Circle sizes denote the value of procurement funding received from the UN. Double-click

Every year, the New Zealand Treasury publishes data on the last six national budgets, in two Excel files containing over 7,000 entries. The sheer amount of data makes it very difficult to assess the composition of revenues and expenditures and how they changed over time. This interactive tool allows you

United Nations agencies procure many commodities and services from Syria to support their aid operations in the country. In 2020, for example, $245 million was spent on procurement, which constitutes nearly 10% of the UN’s overall spending in Syria. In this research tool, Dr Karam Shaar illustrates the data in

Last update: 21 June 2023  Disclaimer Some of the data presented in this dashboard were collected from unofficial sources, including online articles and our personal connections to informed individuals. Given the nature of the data, and despite our best endeavors to cross-check the information offered by various sources, we

Operations and Policy Center (Research Tool), Dr Karam Shaar, 17 Jan 2022 OPC has obtained a line-by-line breakdown of the 2020, 2021, 2022 budgets. To make a more digestible and useful research tool, OPC has visualized the data in an interactive dashboard.  

Operations and Policy Center (Research Tool), Dr Karam Shaar,19 Aug 2021 Every year, the Syrian Government releases merchandise trade data broken down, destination or country of origin, value, quantity, and commodity type, making it a valuable resource for analysts. This research tool pulls the scattered data together for easier access.

Publication date: 24 March 2021 Hierarchical Tree of Raqqa’s Arab Tribes  Introduction The northern Syrian governorate of Raqqa came to the world’s attention when it fell under the control of ISIS in 2014. Scenes of tribal leaders pledging allegiance to the group, after their governorate fell into its hands,

Operations and Policy Center (Scenario analysis tool), Dr Karam Shaar, 24 Mar 2021 ​Despite the Russian and Turkish de-escalation and ceasefire agreements, the Assad regime continues to attack NW Syria, especially areas to the south of the M4. Here Dr Karam Shaar maps out potential military conflict scenarios for the

 Executive Summary This report discusses the results of the 2020 Syrian parliamentary elections to illuminate shifts in the al-Assad regime’s strategy to restore and maintain control over the country. Using evidence gathered from a range of sources, it sheds light on recent changes in the ethnic, religious, political, commercial,