The Middle East, North Africa & Global Analyses

Suggestions

  • Home
  • Staff
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Author List
  • Editorial Guidelines
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • Levant
    • North Africa
    • Gulf
  • OPINION
  • INTERVIEW
  • FOCUS
  • MULTIMEDIA

Isinsu Acar

Işınsu Acar is a research assistant ar ORSAM, who completed her undergraduate education at Özyeğin University in the Department of International Relations in 2020. She served as an intern at the Economic Development Foundation (IKV) on EU studies and at the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) on sustainable urban projects. Conducting research on humanitarian aid and operations, Ms. Acar is particularly interested in the developments regarding refugee camps and internally displaced people and the activities of aid organizations, especially in Syria. In addition, post-Arab Spring social movements and democratization-culture studies are among her areas of research. She speaks advanced English and intermediate German.

FOCUS

HRW report depicts human rights abuses by Assad regime

by Isinsu Acar
22 October 2021

In a latest report published by Human Rights Watch (HRW), ongoing human rights abuses in Syria were highlighted as a means to urge refugee-hosting nations to stop their campaign of sending them back. The report documented 21 cases of arrest and arbitrary detention, 13 cases of torture, three kidnappings, five extrajudicial killings, 17 enforced disappearances, and one case of alleged sexual violence among 65 Syrian refugees interviewed. Returnees further mentioned lack

FOCUS

Delay into Beirut Port investigation hindering accountability in Lebanon

When Lebanon’s billionaire Prime Minister Najib Mikati remarkably achieved forming a new cabinet on September 10, the political deadlock that lasted for 13 months finally came to an end. The removal of one of the greatest obstacles to reform suddenly replaced disappointment and anger with a piece of hope for some. This hope was accompanied by Judge Tarek Bitar’s accelerated efforts, who is responsible for looking at the Beirut blast case,

More
by Isinsu Acar
1 October 2021
FOCUS

Regime pressure forces rebels in Daraa to leave province amid ceasefire

On July 24, after a siege imposed on the Daraa

More
by Isinsu Acar
26 August 2021
FOCUS

HRW report depicts human rights abuses by Assad regime

by Isinsu Acar
22 October 2021

In a latest report published by Human Rights Watch (HRW), ongoing human rights abuses in Syria were highlighted as a means to urge refugee-hosting nations to stop their campaign of sending them back.

More
FOCUS

Delay into Beirut Port investigation hindering accountability in Lebanon

by Isinsu Acar
1 October 2021

When Lebanon’s billionaire Prime Minister Najib Mikati remarkably achieved forming a new cabinet on September 10, the political deadlock that lasted for 13 months finally came to an end. The removal of one

More
FOCUS

Regime pressure forces rebels in Daraa to leave province amid ceasefire

by Isinsu Acar
26 August 2021

On July 24, after a siege imposed on the Daraa al-Balad area in late June that was going to last for 61 days, during which shortages of medicine, potable water, food, internet,

More

Opinion

  • Author: Watheq Al-Sadoon
    By Watheq Al-Sadoon
    Why is Al-Sadr delaying his knockout?
    Published 12 August 2022
  • Author: Ali Abo Rezeg
    By Ali Abo Rezeg
    What prompted Israel to launch such an abrupt onslaught on Gaza?
    Published 6 August 2022
  • Author: Abdennour Toumi
    By Abdennour Toumi
    The political and economic impacts of the Russia-Ukraine War on Maghreb countries
    Published 2 August 2022
  • Author: Mehmet Alaca
    By Mehmet Alaca
    Al-Sadr’s “street politics” paralyze the Iraqi political landscape
    Published 31 July 2022
  • Author: Umud Shokri
    By Umud Shokri
    Meetings in Tehran: Conflicting interests or common interests between Russia and Iran?
    Published 26 July 2022

© 2021 - All Rights Reserved.

  • NEWS
  • OPINION
  • INTERVIEW
  • FOCUS
  • MULTIMEDIA
  • Home
  • Staff
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Author List
  • Editorial Guidelines
  • Home
  • Staff
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Author List
  • Editorial Guidelines