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Blog

12th May 2025
The role of trauma and mental health problems in driving continued violence, or in blocking reconciliation efforts, is under-researched.

Article

2nd May 2025
As Iraq gears up for its pivotal parliamentary elections, regional volatility, the fracturing Iran-led resistance axis, and unprecedented divisions wi...

Blog

30th March 2025
Why we should challenge the idea that Shi’a militants are just Iranian proxies

Article

21st November 2024
Transnational conflict in the Middle East is fuelled by both ‘legal’ and ‘illegal’ trade. Mapping these cross-border dynamics can help understand and ...

Briefing paper

6th August 2024
Based on first-hand interviews with Yezidi communities and diaspora voices, this XCEPT briefing note explores feelings of marginalisation and stigmati...

Briefing paper

29th July 2024
This XCEPT briefing note assesses the diverse needs of war-affected children in Iraq, highlighting the specific challenges faced by those in ISIS-affi...

Blog

16th April 2024
In this interview, Dr Omar Mohammed discusses the Green Mosul initiative, which was launched by the Mosul Eye Association in 2021 and leaves a legacy ...

Research report

29th March 2024
Instability in the tiny Iraqi district of Sinjar, on the border with Syria and Türkiye, continues to exacerbate conflicts in the Middle East.

Blog

22nd March 2024
A forthcoming Carnegie paper will argue that to understand Syria’s future, we will have to focus on the country’s peripheries.

Blog

12th March 2024
In an interview with Michael Young, a senior editor at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut and editor of Diwan, Carnegie’s Middl...

Podcast

4th January 2024
In a new episode of the Breaking Cycles of Conflict mini-series, XCEPT researchers Dr Craig Larkin, Dr Inna Rudolf, and Dr Rajan Basra explore issues ...

Research report

5th October 2023
Labelling Iraqi children as ISIS-affiliated has far-reaching consequences for their future, whether living inside or outside Iraq.

Briefing paper

28th July 2023
This briefing note explores humanitarian responses to conflict-related trauma amongst men and boys, and finds that addressing male trauma supports ind...

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