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Inside Syrias Clapping Chamber: Dynamics of the 2020 Parliamentary Elections January 28, 2021 Share Note: The data presented in this study was collected from unofficial sources. The authors therefore do not guarantee the correctness of all the information. If you would like to suggest a revision, please use this form. Executive Summary This report discusses the results of the 2020 Syrian parliamentary elections to illuminate shifts in the al-Assad regime’s strategy to restore and main...

Non-resident Scholar Nick Grinstead is a non-resident scholar with the Middle East Institutes Syria program. He has been researching the dynamics in regime-held Syria for several years now, first as a researcher for the Clingendael Institute in The Hague, where he provided research and policy advice for the Dutch government and the European Union. In particular, he looks at the relations of loyalist militias to the state and with foreign patrons. He also works as a Senior Regional Security Anal...