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Inside the Middle East Q&A: Maha Yahya on the Safe Return of Syrian Refugees

Feb. 06, 2018 Series: Inside the Middle East

Maha Yahya, Director of the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, sits down with Niku Jafarnia, Co-editor for Migration and Refugees at the Harvard Journal for Middle Eastern Politics and Policy and a student at Harvard Law School, to discuss the conditions needed for the eventual safe return of Syrian refugees and the current dynamics of domestic rhetoric around refugees in host countries, involuntary returns, “safe zones,” and shifting territorial control within Syria.

Watch an excerpt of the video interview here: 

Listen to the full interview below: 

For more information on this publication: Belfer Communications Office
For Academic Citation: “Inside the Middle East Q&A: Maha Yahya on the Safe Return of Syrian Refugees.” News, , February 6, 2018.
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