Valdai Club: “Syria: Humanitarian Corridors”

Written By Samuel Heller

My piece for the Valdai Club:

https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/eastern-mediterranean/syria/russia-should-go-beyond-humanitarian-corridors-syria

Russia has proposed "humanitarian corridors" to evacuate Damascus's East Ghouta suburbs and the area around the Tanaf base. Those corridors are unlikely to accomplish humanitarian ends because – realistically, in both areas – civilians can't count on safety on the other side. Yet Ghouta and Tanaf both present opportunities for Russia to play a role that is stabilizing and life-saving, if only it can bring its Syrian partner on-side.

Samuel Heller
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