posted on 2024-09-05, 20:52authored byJuline Beaujouan, Abdulah El hafi, Eyas Ghreiz
Evidence shows that local communities played a central role in mitigating the impact of
Covid-19, helping to bridge the governance gap in northwest Syria.
As Covid-19 was spreading across the world in the
early months of 2020, Russia and Turkey reached a
ceasefire deal in the contested Idlib province. Syria
entered a year where there was a relative lull in fighting
and bloodshed. But nearly a decade of violent conflict
put a strain on the capacity and resources of
governmental bodies to mitigate the impact of Covid19 on the 13.4 million Syrian people in need of
humanitarian assistance. This was especially the case
in opposition-held areas in the northwest of the
country, which is home to over 4 million civilians –
more than half of whom are internally displaced.
While the economic and humanitarian toll of the
pandemic in Syria has attracted much attention, fewer
studies have looked into the impact of Covid-19 on
local peace dynamics.
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Publisher
Global Justice Academy, University of Edinburgh
Citation
Beaujouan, J., El hafi, A. & Ghreiz, E. (2021). Covid-19: Tool of Conflict or Opportunity for Local Peace in Northwest Syria? (Policy brief). Edinburgh: Global Justice Academy, University of Edinburgh