reconciliation
Hama’s Uprooted Villages
In Syria’s Hama province, displaced Alawite villagers are unable to return to houses and lands now occupied by their former Sunni neighbors, whose own homes were destroyed. With property disputes unresolved and pistachio orchards — the region’s economic lifeblood — neglected, the fragile coexistence that once defined these communities risks collapse.
Accounting for War Crimes
After years of war, reconciliation with Syria’s past and between the country’s sects and factions cannot be achieved without some measure of justice being done. The first step is to establish the facts by documenting the prisons and mass graves, as well as the massacre sites and destroyed cities.