Issue 40

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Issue 40 – November 2026

Diplomacy

Arabs of the North, unite!

As war exposes the Gulf’s vulnerabilities, Iraq and Syria have an opening. Seizing it will require binding economic ties and a political accommodation across the sectarian divide

Justice, Rights & Civil Society

Syria’s Lucifer effect

What makes people who know right from wrong do evil things?

Arts & Culture

Damascus, the city of nose casts

How social media, changing beauty standards and a new generation of surgeons are fuelling Syria’s cosmetic surgery boom

Arts & Culture

Father of Grime’s new clothes

A restaurant review of Toshka al-Firdous in Homs

Economy, Aid & Reconstruction

Syria Business Diary – October 2026

The first letter of credit in 14 years, and no cheap diesel yet

Book Review

The Uyghurs who went to war

A review of Emily Feng’s book ‘Our Hearts Burned for Home: Uyghur Militants in Syria’s Civil War’

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