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04-12-2023
As a university student in the early 2000s, I lived off and on in the informal settlements that surround Damascus. At that time, I did not notice where the capital city ended and its slums began – rather, they formed a continuous urban fabric, where the uglier it was, the more spacious the housing was. Living in the informal settlements suited my meagre income and modest needs for housing and food. My acquaintances at that time also lived in the slums. There, with comrades and friends from various classes and political backgrounds, especially from the left, we discussed destiny, the future and the past. What I believed at the time was a class affiliation that united us, I see today as yet another type of belonging: living there played a hidden role in papering over our differences and contradictions and united us in the face of Baathist Syria’s stifling inequality and discrimination.
29-11-2023
The Directorate of Housing and Reconstruction of the Ministry of Local Administration and Services under the Syrian Salvation Government (SSG) in Idlib announced earlier this month a competition to plan and design two youth housing projects.
Legislative Decree No. 140 of 2023, permitting the Daraa City Council to zoning the city’s Al-Maftara neighbourhood.
News
29-11-2023
People whose homes were damaged nine months ago in the devastating February 6 earthquake are still struggling to secure other housing amidst delays in implementing government housing projects.
Analysis & Features
29-11-2023
An improvement fee is imposed on land owners whose properties, whether they are built or not, benefit from work carried by public authorities The fee is collected by the local administrative unit.
Reports & Papers
08-11-2023
This report attempts to measure the impact of the conflict on the Old City of Aleppo, to assess unplanned reconstruction works in the Old City and to highlight precautionary measures for the future.
Directory
27-11-2023
HIERS is a hub for seismic research and education, covering earthquake sciences, structural engineering, and geotechnical aspects.
News
22-11-2023
Former Lattakia Governor Ibrahim Khader Al-Salem was arrested under a warrant issued on October 18, by the Ministry of Justice’s Lattakia Court and placed in the governorate’s Al-Basseh prison.
Analysis & Features
22-11-2023
The Ministry of Justice has instructed all judges in relevant courts to specify in their judicial rulings the nature of sold properties and determine whether the real estate right is a property ownership or a “furoogh” for a shop, or if it is a non-commercial lease.
Reports and Papers
- Rebuilding Old Aleppo | Postwar Sustainable Recovery and Urban Refugee ResettlementThe fate of the country’s destroyed cities has become the subject of international discussion. Aleppo, the country’s second city, is reported to have seen the brunt of the damage, with large areas of the city either damaged or destroyed. The Old City of Aleppo, which is 5,000 years old and has earned its title as one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, is the frontline of the battle between the Syrian government and opposition forces.
- Syria Joint Damage Assesment of Selected CitiesThe 2022 Syria Joint Damage Assessment provides an overview of the effects of the ongoing conflict in Syria. The DA is a broad-brush and largely remote-based exercise, focusing on 14 cities and 11 sectors.
- Amid calls for refugee returns, Assad’s property grab continuesProperty confiscation has been a longstanding policy of the Syrian regime since the 1960s, often employed to achieve specific economic objectives or as a means of political control and punishment.
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22-11-2023
The Syrian Arab Code Committee in the Syrian Engineers’ Syndicate issued its recommendations in recent days regarding the development of a code for constructing earthquake-resistant concrete buildings.
14-11-2023
The past two months of aerial and artillery bombing on Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham-controlled Idlib by regime forces and the Russian Air Force have resulted in the displacement of thousands of residents, especially from the city of Idlib. Nevertheless, the prices of house rentals in the city have not decreased.
14-11-2023
Displaced individuals are hesitant to return to Tadhamon due to the strictness in granting security approval for those wishing to return, and the bribes extorted by the Military Security intelligence service and the National Defence Forces militia. No more than 1,500 people have returned to Al-Tadhamon to date.
14-11-2023
The judiciary’s acquittal of several government employees accused of involvement in the illicit construction that led to the collapse of a building in the Fardous District killing 14 people has led to a local outcry.