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Event

12th November 2025

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

Join us on 12 November 2025 for a virtual panel discussion on the captagon economy’s evolving role in the Middle East’s political and security landsca...
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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

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

Article

30th October 2024

The end of the ‘revolution’ (al-thawra) but not revolutionar...

Rahaf Aldoughli,
This XCEPT article investigates what drives individuals to join and remain loyal to armed groups amidst the chaos of the Syrian wars by focusing on th...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Middle East Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour Conflict Response Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

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

Research report

25th September 2024

Challenges to effective stabilisation assistance in northeas...

William Smith
This XCEPT research report examines why western support to northeastern Syria has been successful in enabling short-term stability but has struggled t...
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Syria Middle East and North Africa Middle East Governance Conflict Response Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

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