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Research report

24th June 2026

Beyond the Axis

Peter Salisbury
What happens when armed groups no longer depend on supply lines or state backing, but operate as self‑sustaining ecosystems embedded in the global eco...
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Yemen Syria Sudan Somalia Palestine Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Iraq Iran Transnational Flows Conflict Economies

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14th June 2026

Visual thinking in international relations: Interactive digi...

Annette Idler
How can we better understand the shifting geographies of conflict when we move beyond static text and start to see violence spatially?  
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Syria Sahel Myanmar Iraq Horn of Africa Colombia Conflict Dynamics

Blog

2nd June 2026

Syria and Jordan by the numbers

Armenak Tokmajyan
Trade statistics show why Amman has more reason than Damascus to welcome the improvement in bilateral commerce.
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Syria Middle East Jordan Governance Climate Change Borderlands

Blog

17th March 2026

Introducing new XCEPT research in the Levant

XCEPT’s Levant research examines how border governance, climate‑driven adaptation, and illicit networks intersect across Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Yem...
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Yemen Syria Lebanon Iraq Governance Conflict Economies Climate Change Borderlands

Event

12th November 2025

Captagon’s shifting geopolitics: How an illicit regional tra...

On 12 November 2025, a virtual panel discussion explored the captagon economy’s evolving role in the Middle East’s political and security landscape. ...
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Syria Middle East Transnational Flows Organised Crime Conflict Economies

Research report

24th October 2025

When cartels collapse: The future of captagon in the Middle ...

Nick Krohley, Ian Larson
This report explores the future of Captagon in the post-Assad Middle East. Drawing on open-source data and interviews with Syria’s counternarcotics fo...
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Syria Middle East Transnational Flows Organised Crime Conflict Economies

Research report

20th October 2025

Cross-border lifelines and local rule: charting a post-autho...

Salma Daoudi
Syria’s decade of conflict, marked by the deliberate destruction of health infrastructure and the rise of cross-border governance mechanisms, offers c...
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Syria Middle East Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Blog

31st March 2025

Assad’s fall ends drug smuggling – but trafficking to Jordan...

Haid Haid
Syria’s Captagon smugglers have adapted following the collapse of the Assad regime.
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Jordan Transnational Flows Organised Crime Conflict Dynamics

Article

28th March 2025

Syria becomes a front line in protecting Saudi security

Hesham Alghannam
Saudi Arabia’s concerns about Syria have grown since Assad’s ouster. Türkiye’s expanding presence, Iran’s struggle to regain influence, and Israel’s e...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Conflict Dynamics

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

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

Event

11th March 2025

Towards a New Syria: Understanding the Motivations and Value...

XCEPT and King’s College London discussed Syrian rebels’ motivations, their commitment to the cause, rebel alliance unity, and how the international c...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Violent Extremism Governance

Article

25th February 2025

Syria’s New Rulers Are Working To Unify Military Power

Rahaf Aldoughli
Of all the challenges currently facing post-war Syria, the integration of the country’s numerous and diverse armed factions into a single, disciplined...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Middle East Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Podcast

12th February 2025

Peripheral Vision: Women Leading Conflict Research

Hear from the X-Border Women Research Fellows about what motivates their research project and how they overcome the challenges of doing research in fr...
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Syria South Asia and Southeast Asia Pakistan Myanmar Middle East and North Africa Algeria Migration Governance Gender Conflict Economies

Article

31st January 2025

How to engage with Syria’s new rulers 

Nafees Hamid, Nils Mallock, Rahaf Aldoughli, Broderick McDonald
After the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria, the country’s interim government faces the task of rebuilding the country. Now, foreign countries are...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Governance Conflict Dynamics

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