Lina Karaso

Human rights defender and researcher focused on authoritarian regimes in the Middle East, based in the Netherlands.

Rethinking Risk: A Cautious Case for Engagement in Syria

A cautious Western case for engaging post-Assad Syria, balancing security risks with opportunities for stability through reform, oversight, and integration.

Fadwa Suleiman: Actress turned an outspoken activist against Assad

Fadwa Suleiman was a Syrian actress turned an outspoken activist against dictator #Assad

Assad’s unwritten ‘law’: All for one, or one trumps all

"The #Assad regime cannot continue without them [thugs] as it cannot survive without terrorizing #Syrians," writes Lina Karaso

What if?

Because it is a dictatorial regime, the country will continue to be terrorized by rogue militias and gangs of thugs (shabbiha) and this means...

Hama massacre: Forty years ago today

In a matter of days, a whole city came into oblivion. It was if the city had been struck with a nuclear bomb!

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