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Blog

1st July 2025

‘A new era for Lebanon’: can an end to political posters in ...

Brontë Philips
Advertising billboards in Beirut are showcasing diverse (and divisive) approaches to memorialisation of the recent past and to the ongoing conflict wi...
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Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Blog

12th May 2025

The impact of trauma survey: breaking cycles of trauma and v...

Sam Hibbs
The role of trauma and mental health problems in driving continued violence, or in blocking reconciliation efforts, is under-researched.
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South Sudan Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Iraq Horn of Africa and the Sahel Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Blog

2nd April 2025

Lebanon needs a new approach to migration governance

Christianne Aikins, AnnaSophia Gallagher
Since 2019, the number of people attempting to flee Lebanon via irregular boat crossings has drastically increased. The new government in Lebanon, led...
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Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Transnational Flows Migration

Blog

26th March 2025

Hezbollah’s smuggling lifeline: can Syria’s new authorities ...

Haid Haid
Syria’s new government has moved quickly to curtail Hezbollah’s movements of weapons, money, contraband, and people through Syria.
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Transnational Flows Organised Crime Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics

Blog

20th March 2025

Lebanon’s New Breed of Drug Barons

Michael Young
In an interview, Mohanad Hage Ali talks about the Captagon trade’s impact on state institutions.
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Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Transnational Flows Organised Crime Conflict Dynamics

Briefing paper

19th March 2025

Double Dealers: Lebanon and the Risks of Captagon Traffickin...

Mohanad Hage Ali
Lebanon’s financial collapse and the Syrian conflict have allowed for the growth of an illicit economy, giving rise to a new breed of drug traffickers...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Middle East Lebanon Transnational Flows Organised Crime Conflict Response Conflict Economies

Article

31st January 2025

Lebanon’s October Revolution (al-thawra 17 tishrīn) and the ...

Craig Larkin
When public protests erupted onto Lebanese streets in October 2019, they were neither unexpected nor without recent precedent. This book chapter exami...
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Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Article

19th December 2024

Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon: Reopening Lebanon’s sectari...

Mohamad El Kari
This XCEPT article examining the recent conflict through the lens of interactions between displaced families from Hezbollah-linked regions and their h...
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Middle East and North Africa Middle East Lebanon Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Article

21st November 2024

How supply chains fuel transnational conflict in the Middle ...

Renad Mansour, Hayder Al-Shakeri,
Transnational conflict in the Middle East is fuelled by both ‘legal’ and ‘illegal’ trade. Mapping these cross-border dynamics can help understand and ...
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Yemen Syria Middle East and North Africa Middle East Lebanon Iraq Iran Conflict Response Borderlands

Blog

17th October 2024

Lebanon: assassinating sectarian leaders has always led to i...

Mohamad El Kari
The killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is the latest in a history of political-sectarian assassinations in Lebanon, and will likely intensif...
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Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Conflict Dynamics

Event

1st October 2024

XCEPT Middle East and North Africa Conference 2024

On 1-2 October 2024, XCEPT hosted a conference on the Middle East and North Africa region, bringing together local, regional, and international expert...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Lebanon

Publication

30th September 2024

The impact of terrorist kidnappings: lessons from Arsal, Leb...

Craig Larkin, Rajan Basra
This XCEPT policy brief examines how the kidnapping in Arsal, Lebanon affects victims’ families and shapes their attitudes towards the state, justice,...
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Middle East and North Africa Middle East Lebanon Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Conflict Response Borderlands

Blog

22nd March 2024

Borders have undermined Syrian sovereignty

Kheder Khaddour
A forthcoming Carnegie paper will argue that to understand Syria’s future, we will have to focus on the country’s peripheries.
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Jordan Iraq Iran Governance Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Article

21st March 2024

Why Iranian entrenchment in southern Syria worries neighbour...

Kheder Khaddour, Armenak Tokmajyan
The Syrian regime has struggled to govern Syria’s south, while the Ukraine war has weakened Russia’s influence, making both more reliant on Tehran and...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Jordan Iran Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Blog

17th October 2023

Four years on from Lebanon’s 17 October revolution

Mohamad El Kari
Visiting Lebanon today, it is difficult to escape the feeling that a collective sense of hopelessness has settled across the country, haunting and tor...
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Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

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