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Fadi Nzhat is a SACD trustee from the Damascus countryside. Licensed in Arabic Language and Islamic Studies, before the Syrian conflict he worked as a lecturer in Damascus city and its countryside and served as a director of the Relief Office and later the Education Office in al-Hama in Damascus Province. He currently lives in Atme, in north Idlib, and serves as the director of Iradati, an education and relief foundation.
Vengeance, repression, and fear: The reality behind Assad’s promises to displaced Syrians
The team of researchers from the Syrian Association for Citizen’s Dignity worked for months under extremely challenging conditions to document the security situation of returnees and those living in areas covered by “reconciliation agreements” in parts of Syria under the control of the regime of Bashar al-Assad. The results of that research are stark and the main conclusion is that it is not safe for displaced Syrians to return to Assad-held areas.
