When: Thursday, February 4, 2021, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. EST
Online only: https://www.brookings.edu/events/syrian-requiem-the-civil-war-and-its-aftermath
What: Pro-democracy protests began in Syria nearly 10 years ago. In response, the government escalated violence, which sparked the Syrian Civil War. The subsequent humanitarian catastrophe has killed almost half a million people and displaced an estimated twelve million others.
In their new book, “Syrian Requiem,” Distinguished Fellow Itamar Rabinovich and Carmit Valensi, research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies, draw on more than two hundred specially conducted interviews to tell the story of the conflict in Syria. The authors detail the long-developing divisions in Syrian politics, survey the various actors who fought in Syria directly or through proxies, and examine the policy choices that the conflict currently presents to the United States and others.
On February 4, the Israel Institute and the Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings will host Itamar Rabinovich and Carmit Valensi in a conversation, moderated by Nonresident Senior Fellow Steven Heydemann.
Viewers can submit question for panelists by emailing events@brookings.edu or on Twitter with #SyrianRequiem.