Benjamin Fève
@BenjaminFeve
Senior Research Analyst @KShaar_Advisory; Former @TheSyriaReport, @Think_Triangle, @BadilMedia; Focus on #Syria; FR, EN, عر, TR
I just came back from my second trip to Syria, where I spent two weeks between Damascus, Hama, and Idlib, three cities with vastly different conditions, each having followed a distinct path over the past 15 years. Two of them I discovered for the first time; one of them, I fell…
Hama. Two Months Apart. May 7 vs July 22, 2025. I visited Hama for the first time in May, excited to discover the city famed for its norias, halawiyat al-jebn, souk, and hader. I was just as thrilled to return today, on July 22, 2025, after sharing my newfound love for the…
Two years ago, I exposed this 29-company network of shell firms and their shareholders acting on behalf of the Assad regime. Read the 🧵: 🔗x.com/BenjaminFeve/s… Today, as international organisations and companies explore re-engagement with Syria, we’re tasked with conducting…
Today, the #EU🇪🇺 sanctioned 25 Syrian individuals. One interesting individual is Ali Najib Ibrahim, who has been sanctioned for owning several shell companies. (h/t @eyad_hamid) Mr Ibrahim's listing comes after he co-established some 16 shell companies in two years. 🧵🧵🧵
Every day, the Assad regime collapses once again. This is what I found featured on display in Damascus today.
The core issue now is that the Syrian government is unable to assert itself in Suweida, even in the role of an interposition force between the Druze and Bedouin communities. Its recent attempt to do so ended in failure: government forces were ambushed by Druze militias and later…
Recent events in #Suwayda -- +#Israel's intervention -- have opened a hornets nest. Today has seen a surge in tribal mobilization across #Syria, directed at confronting what's seen as a #Druze armed resistance to the state linked to #Assad remnants, #Israel & organized crime.
When I get called Israeli, Islamist, Imperialist, Jew, pro-Assad, pro-Jolani all in the same month.
LOL.... thank god we kicked you out of Spain 500 years ago, best thing we ever did
Implications and Policy Responses for Banking Sector Sanctions on Syria - @BenjaminFeve @vittoriomaresc1 @Karam__Shaar, @KShaar_Advisory: storage.googleapis.com/karam_viz/Impl…
Report: Implications and Policy Responses for Banking Sector Sanctions on Syria By: @BenjaminFeve @vittoriomaresc1 @Karam__Shaar Drawing on interviews with Syrian bankers and compliance experts, the report explores viable pathways for reintegrating the country into the…
🚨 New Report Out Now -- “Implications and Policy Responses for Banking Sector Sanctions on Syria” After months of research, interviews, legislative reviews, and revision marathons, I’m very pleased to share our latest 58-page policy report examining how two decades of banking…
Quoted in this great piece by @AndreiPopoviciu for @inthesetimesmag. Syria's Long Road to Recovery inthesetimes.com/article/syria-… "Benjamin Fève, a senior research analyst with the consultant group Karam Shaar Advisory, argues that countries imposing broad sanctions should be held…
🇪🇺🇸🇾 The tale of two Syrian Foreign Ministers: Walid al-Mouallem and Asaad al-Shaybani, 14 years apart. On the left, former Syrian FM Walid al-Muallem declared on June 22, 2011 that “we will forget Europe is on the map” and called to freeze Syria's ties with the Union for the…
📌 Electricity in Syria: Current Realities and Future Prospects 🔢 Backed by data and figures: ⚡What are the most pressing challenges facing the electricity sector? 🇶 To what extent could Qatar and Turkey contribute if they fulfill their promises? 🛢 What roles do the Arab…
🇸🇾🇷🇺 On Tatneft's operations in Syria before 2011 and the current status of oil contracts today 👇 In March 2005, Russian oil company Tatneft signed a 25-year Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with the Syrian government and the Syrian Oil Company to explore and develop Block…
According to @TheSyriaReport, as reported by @Agenzia_Ansa, the Syrian government has officially invited Russia’s Tatneft oil company to resume operations in Block 27, near the Iraqi border. ansa.it/ansamed/it/not… In a letter to Tatneft published by The Syria Report, the…