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The shooting may have stopped in Syria, but the humanitarian crisis continues

Omar Dahi spoke on global insecurity at an event held remotely by the World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts.
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Omar Dahi spoke on global insecurity at an event held remotely by the World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts.

Syrian civil war began in 2011

The civil war in Syria that began in 2011 is unresolved although most of the violence has stopped.

Speaking to the World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts recently, Hampshire College professor Omar Dahi described the conflict in Syria as “frozen.”

Dahi, who is the founding director of the research initiative Security in Context, spoke with WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill.

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