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Earthquake Causes Collapse of Hundreds of Buildings Across Syria

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The earthquake that occurred at dawn on Monday, February 06, caused the total or partial collapse of thousands of buildings in Northwest Syria. The collapses were concentrated in parts of the governorates of Aleppo, Lattakia, and Idlib either controlled by the Syrian government, which controls most of Aleppo and all of the Lattakia governorates; the Syrian Salvation Government affiliated with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which controls most of the Idlib governorate; and the Turkish-backed Syrian Interim Government (SIG), which controls the northern countryside of Aleppo. 

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Explained: Limitation of Real Estate Disposal

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Limitation of disposal is a provisional measure that includes placing a precautionary seizure on someone’s real estate to guarantee any financial rights owed to the state. This measure comes at the request of a public entity, usually the relevant governorate’s finance directorate or the local city council. 

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NDF Extorts Real Estate in Homs’ Al-Zahraa Neighbourhood

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When the Syrian uprising began in 2011, most residents of Al-Zahraa neighbourhood in Homs sided with the regime, many even joining the National Defence Forces, a pro-government militia. The NDF subsequently made Al-Zahraa a base for attacks on surrounding pro-opposition neighbourhoods, such as Al-Bayadeh and Karam Al-Zeitoun, and harassed residents of Al-Zahraa, seizing many displaced people’s homes. 

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Government Raises Prices of Alternative Housing in Marota City

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The state-owned General Housing Establishment, which is supposed to provide affordable housing to the population, has once again raised the estimated prices for alternative housing units in the Marota City project. It also requested those eligible for the units to pay 30 percent of this new value now. 

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AANES Occupies Absentee Properties for Free and via Forced Tenancy

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Recent years have seen the majority-Kurdish Autonomous Administration in North and East Syria authorities seize many absentee-owned properties. When those absentees return home and demand their properties back, authorities have offered to lease them, without any compensation for the previous occupancy period. 

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Building Collapses, Killing Seven, During Looting in Damascus Suburb

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Seven people were killed on November 2, 2022, when a four-storey building collapsed in the Rural Damascus governorate city of Al-Hajar Al-Aswad. The victims had been there to extract iron from the damaged building’s columns and roof in order to loot and recycle it. This illicit business–the rubble trade–appears to be attracting new companies as it enjoys military and security protection. 

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Explained: General Directorate of Cadastral Affairs

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From the 16th century until the end of Ottoman rule in Syria, the Sharia courts regulated the documentation for proving real estate ownership and entered them into their records. These records are still preserved in Damascus and Aleppo, and to a lesser degree in Homs and Hama, and are still used before the Sharia courts today.

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Explained: Law No. 33 and Documenting Real Estate Ownership in Informal settlements

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Law No. 33 of 2008 on Documenting Ownership of Built Real Estate and Parts of Unbuilt Real Estate was issued to resolve ownership issues related to unlicensed construction and real estate subdivision in informal settlements. Law No. 33 aims to establish and record these properties within the Land Registry according to their reality on the ground, under certain conditions. 

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Destroying Daraa’s Real Estate Market

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Since regime forces recaptured the area in 2018, properties in Daraa city’s commercial souk have undergone continuous demolition, despite the fighting there being over.

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The End of the Damascus Traditional Crafts Souk

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In October 2022, the Ministry of Tourism warned occupants of traditional handicrafts workshops and stores in Al-Suleimaniyeh Hospice area in Damascus that they must vacate their businesses before the end of 2022 to allow for restoration work on the hospice.

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Explained: Bequests for Druze Women

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Druze women are often limited in their rights to any real estate bequeathed to them through wills, a tendency that appears to be based on cultural customs and norms passed down from previous generations, rather than religious teachings. 

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Damascus Suburb Implements New Measures to Raise Revenues from Real Estate

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On August 24, 2022, the Jaramana City Council’s executive office issued Decree No. 276, in which it agreed to issue the city’s plan for so-called improvement fees. The council’s technical office had prepared the program to determine the areas and real estate properties that have undergone improvement work.

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