{"id":1158,"date":"2025-10-02T04:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/human-security-blog\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T04:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:03:09","slug":"human-security-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Security Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content column wide left blog content view\" id=\"content\">\n<div id=\"banner-fade\" class=\"block\">\n<ul class=\"bjqs noside\">\n<li>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Human Security blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/111628-36-eng-gb\/human-security-blog_carousel.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"text intro_highlight\">\n<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHuman Security blog<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">The Broker runs an editor&#8217;s blog on this Human Security theme page.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pubDate\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<p class=\"right\"> | May 30, 2025<\/p>\n\n-->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#blog-description\" class=\"popup readmore\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\" title=\"Human Security blog\"><strong>&#x25b6;<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"blog-description\" class=\"hide\">\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><b><i>The Broker&nbsp;<\/i>explores the relationship between security and development. Integrated strategies are needed to solve to the conflicts of the 21st century and build a more secure world.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><i>In this editor&#8217;s blog, The Broker will comment on the latest research, interesting publications, other blog posts, conferences and current affairs in the field of human security.&nbsp;This blog highlights the &#8216;editor&#8217;s choices&#8217; and reflects on other content on this theme page. It asks why The Broker publishes what it publishes. What is interesting, innovative, controversial and worth reading?<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">The world today isn\u2019t a safe place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">The end of the Cold War, two decades ago, didn\u2019t bring the peace dividend many hoped for. Instead, a different breed of violent conflict \u2013 partly the result of increased transnational connections in a globalized world \u2013 has replaced the \u2018old wars\u2019. Local and global insecurity caused by \u2018state fragility\u2019 have become a major concern in international politics. The threat and perception of terrorism, and the response to both, have further exacerbated relationships within and between countries and regions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Conflict and insecurity have a deep impact on the lives of those who live through it, whether citizens and soldiers, refugees and revolutionaries, students, parents or peace builders. Insecurity also impacts societies as a whole. It impedes development and stalls post-conflict reconstruction, often across wider regions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><i>The Broker&#8217;s<\/i>&nbsp;aim on this human security theme page is to enrich the analyses of the relationship between security and development \u2013 in both theory and policy practice, and from the perspective of local, national, regional and global realities. Gaining a better understanding of this relationship and offering new perspectives on it are sorely needed. To improve political and policy approaches to the complex conflicts of the 21st century, and to advance human well-being in conflict-ridden places.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><i>The Broker<\/i>&nbsp;\u2019s raison d\u2019\u00eatre is to contribute to evidence-based policy making. We do so by bringing together different communities \u2013 academics, policy makers and professionals \u2013 in one virtual place. We believe that urgent policy issues pertaining to human security can greatly benefit from dialogue and discussion between these communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">One issue that deserves close examination is the fact that \u2018security\u2019 is increasingly considered a central issue of development or aid policy. Recent development policies and priorities as formulated by governments in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Denmark, and many other countries testify to this. This is encouraging in as far as this development is a sign of more coherent and integrated policy making. However, it needs critical monitoring too. The marriage between security and development policies is inevitably tied up with all sorts of political interests. An important reference point in this discussion is the latest World Development Report published in April 2011,&nbsp;<i>Conflict, Security and Development<\/i>&nbsp;, which brings the issue of security back to the heart of global development efforts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">A second priority issue concerns fragile or failed states. An estimated 1.5 billion people live in situations of fragility, an issue that has featured on national and multilateral policy agendas for quite some time now. However, successes in this notoriously complex and contested policy area are few. This theme page will provide insights into the latest discussions on state fragility and state building, and introduce innovative approaches, such as complexity thinking, to stir the debate and help progress towards policies that work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Third, shifting global powers and emerging, or emerged, states are bound to impact the international response to conflict and war. The current uprisings in the Middle East are a clear example. But exactly what the long-term impact is, and how it will affect people\u2019s realities and experiences of security and insecurity, can only be guessed. This theme page will therefore also publish analyses of current conflicts and the international response to them from a typical&nbsp;<i>Broker<\/i>&nbsp;perspective: multidisciplinary analyses, with a focus on what these developments mean for the poor, for inequality, and for regional and global relationships.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n<div class=\"share\">\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    var addthis_config = {\n        ui_language = 'en'\n    }\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis sharing\">\n\t<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style\" addthis:title=\"Human Security blog\">\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_twitter\" tw:via=\"thebrokeronline\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_share\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_4\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_compact\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_counter addthis_bubble_style\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_config = data_track_addressbar;<\/script><br \/>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n\t<!-- AddThis Button END -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"addthis article_options\">\n\t\t<!-- \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/mandrill\/subscription\/add\/75009\/16859\">Subscribe<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t -->\n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<section class=\"subitem content column wide left blog\">\n<div class=\"children blue\">\n<div class=\"rounded-corner\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article fader\">\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/theory-of-change-from-targets-to-meaningful-effects\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/theory-of-change-from-targets-to-meaningful-effects\/793653-3-eng-gb\/theory-of-change-from-targets-to-meaningful-effects_column.jpg\" alt=\"Theory of change: from targets to meaningful effects\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/theory-of-change-from-targets-to-meaningful-effects\/\">Theory of change: from targets to meaningful effects<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/bolling-rojan\/\">Rojan Bolling<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/muiderman-karlijn\/\">Karlijn Muiderman<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t12 March 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tHow to base policies on dynamic context analysis.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/theory-of-change-from-targets-to-meaningful-effects\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/how-to-build-peace-locally\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/how-to-build-peace-locally\/793131-1-eng-gb\/how-to-build-peace-locally_column.jpg\" alt=\"How to build peace locally? \"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/how-to-build-peace-locally\/\">How to build peace locally? <\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/ulbrich-josefine\/\">Josefine Ulbrich<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/bolling-rojan\/\">Rojan Bolling<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/muiderman-karlijn\/\">Karlijn Muiderman<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t03 March 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tEngaging with local non-state actors provides opportunities for peacebuilding, especially in places where the state is absent and solutions should be sought within communities. In the third online debate of the Knowledge Platform Security &#038; Ru&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/how-to-build-peace-locally\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/religious-actors-in-development-time-to-fix-our-blind-spot\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/images\/792759-1-eng-gb\/religious-actors-in-development-time-to-fix-our-blind-spot_column.jpg\" alt=\"Religious actors in development: Time to fix our blind spot\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/religious-actors-in-development-time-to-fix-our-blind-spot\/\">Religious actors in development: Time to fix our blind spot<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Merel van Meerkerk<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Brenda  Bartelink <\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t28 January 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tReligious actors are often able to give structure when the other institutions of a state collapse. However, their role and impact in development cooperation and international relations is routinely overlooked. When focusing on institutional multip&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/religious-actors-in-development-time-to-fix-our-blind-spot\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/breaking-heads-over-questions-of-change\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/breaking-heads-over-questions-of-change\/769369-3-eng-gb\/breaking-heads-over-questions-of-change_column.jpg\" alt=\"Breaking heads over questions of change\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/breaking-heads-over-questions-of-change\/\">Breaking heads over questions of change<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/de-weijer-frauke\/\">Frauke de Weijer<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t20 August 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tIn response to Seth Kaplan:&nbsp;Elites that are in the position to use the tools presented effectively, will advance their own agenda.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/breaking-heads-over-questions-of-change\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/peacebuilding-complexity-blind-spots-off-the-shelf-solutions-and-false-hope\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/images\/769670-5-eng-gb\/peacebuilding-complexity-blind-spots-off-the-shelf-solutions-and-false-hope_column.jpg\" alt=\"Peacebuilding complexity: blind spots, off-the-shelf solutions and false hope\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/peacebuilding-complexity-blind-spots-off-the-shelf-solutions-and-false-hope\/\">Peacebuilding complexity: blind spots, off-the-shelf solutions and false hope<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/de-coning-cedric\/\">Cedric de Coning<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t18 August 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tIn response to Seth Kaplan: shifting from externally designed to local solutions, and from seeing poverty as isolated to the periphery to it being interconnected with the global economy and its inequalities.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/peacebuilding-complexity-blind-spots-off-the-shelf-solutions-and-false-hope\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/preventing-crime-and-violence-is-better-than-fighting-it\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/images\/769694-3-eng-gb\/preventing-crime-and-violence-is-better-than-fighting-it_column.jpg\" alt=\"Preventing crime and violence is better than fighting it \"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/preventing-crime-and-violence-is-better-than-fighting-it\/\">Preventing crime and violence is better than fighting it <\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/engelhard-bastiaan\/\">Bastiaan Engelhard<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t10 August 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tIn response to the Northern Triangle trilogy: Regional donor programmes focus on prevention to reduce crime and violence on the streets of the \u2018Northern Triangle\u2019 countries.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/preventing-crime-and-violence-is-better-than-fighting-it\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/from-a-3d-approach-to-a-3ft-approach\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/from-a-3d-approach-to-a-3ft-approach\/769001-1-eng-gb\/from-a-3d-approach-to-a-3ft-approach_column.jpg\" alt=\"From a 3D approach to a 3FT approach\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/from-a-3d-approach-to-a-3ft-approach\/\">From a 3D approach to a 3FT approach<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/koch-dirk-jan\/\">Dirk-Jan Koch<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t25 July 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe importance of moving beyond Defence, Diplomacy and Development towards Fair Trade, Financial Transparency and a Firearms Treaty to achieve human security in fragile states.&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/from-a-3d-approach-to-a-3ft-approach\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/deliberate-starvation-impact-on-peace-and-reconstruction-in-syria\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/images\/759242-1-eng-gb\/deliberate-starvation-impact-on-peace-and-reconstruction-in-syria_column.jpg\" alt=\"Deliberate starvation: impact on peace and reconstruction in Syria\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/human-security-blog\/deliberate-starvation-impact-on-peace-and-reconstruction-in-syria\/\">Deliberate starvation: impact on peace and reconstruction in Syria<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/connolly-david\/\">David Connolly<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/macaluso-agnese\/\">Agnese Macaluso<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t02 July 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tAfter three years of civil war in Syria, 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