According to EUAA, the reports provide relevant information regarding topics such as the main armed actors, targeted violence, and armed conflict developments in Syria for the purpose of developing country guidance on Syria. They should be read in conjunction.
ACCORD was among the COI units involved in peer review of some of the reports, and for some more recent reports, in the drafting.
EASO: Syria; Security situation, 1 November 2019 [see updates below]
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2019795/11_2019_EASO_COI_Report_Syria_Security_situation.pdf
EASO: Syria; Actors, December 2019
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2021861/2019_12_EASO_COI_Report_Syria_Actors.pdf
EASO: Syria; Exercise of authority in recaptured areas, January 2020
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2023848/01_2020_EASO_COI_Report_Syria_Exercise_of_authority_in_recaptured_areas.pdf
EASO: Syria; Situation of women, February 2020
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2024298/02_2020_EASO_COI_Report_Syria_Situation_of_women.pdf
EASO: Syria; Socio-economic situation: Damascus City, February 2020 [see April 2021 update below]
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2024697/02_2020_EASO_COI_Report_Syria_Socio_economic_situation_Damascus_City.pdf
EASO: Syria; Targeting of individuals, March 2020 [see September 2022 update below]
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2026226/03_2020_Syria_Targeting_of_individuals.pdf
EASO: Syria; Internally displaced persons, returnees and internal mobility, April 2020
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2027393/04_2020_EASO_COI_Report_Syria_IDPs_returnees_and_internal_mobility.pdf
EASO: Syria Security situation, May 2020 [update of a report mentioned above, see new update below]
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2029305/05_2020_EASO_COI_Report_Syria_Security_situation.pdf
In July 2020, ARC Foundation and the Dutch Council for Refugees published a commentary on seven of these reports:
ARC Foundation & DCR - Dutch Council for Refugees: Commentary on the EASO Country of Origin Information Reports on Syria (December 2019 – May 2020), July 2020
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2032701/Commentary-EASO-COI-on-Syria_July2020.pdf
In September 2020, EASO published the EU Member States' common analysis and guidance on Syria, which esp. are based on the EASO reports mentioned above [also see November 2021 and February 2023 updates below]:
EASO: Country Guidance: Syria; Common analysis and guidance note, September 2020
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2038543/Country_Guidance_Syria_2020.pdf
Since then, EASO published the following reports:
EASO: Security situation and access to the basic needs in Al-Sukhnah town and in Tadmur district overall, between 1 January-31 December 2020 [Q33-2020], 13 January 2021
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2043667/2021_01_COI_Q33_2020_SYRIA_TADMUR.pdf
EASO: Syria: Military Service, April 2021
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2048969/2021_04_EASO_COI_Report_Military_Service.pdf
EASO: Syria - Socio-economic situation: Damascus City, April 2021 [update of a report mentioned above, see also 2022 update below]
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2050272/2021_04_EASO_COI+Report_Syria_Socio_economic_situation_Damascus_city.pdf
EASO: Syria - Situation of returnees from abroad, June 2021
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2053723/2021_06_EASO_Syria_Situation_returnees_from_abroad.pdf
EASO: Syria Security situation, July 2021 [see September 2022 update below]
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2056019/2021_07_EASO_COI_Report_Syria_Security_situation.pdf
In November 2021, EASO published the EU Member States' updated common analysis and guidance on Syria, which esp. are based on the EASO reports mentioned above [see February 2023 update below]:
EASO: Country Guidance: Syria; Common analysis and guidance note, November 2021
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2064844/Country_Guidance_Syria_2021.pdf
Since then, EASO/EUAA published the following reports:
EASO: Syria; Apostasy/Blasphemy [Q50-2021], 17 December 2021
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2065693/2021_12_Q50_EASO_COI_Query_Response_Apostasy_SYRIA.pdf
EUAA: Syria; Passport for Syrian returnees [Q29-2022], 22 April 2022
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2071830/2022_04_Q29_EUAA_COI_QUERY_RESPONSE_SYRIA_PASSPORTS.pdf
EUAA: Syria: Socio-economic situation in Damascus City, August 2022
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2077964/2022_08_EUAA_COI_Report_Syria_Socio_economic_situation_in_Damascus_city.pdf
EUAA: Syria: Targeting of individuals, September 2022
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2078321/2022_09_EUAA_COI_Report_Syria_Targeting_of_individuals.pdf
EUAA: Syria Security situation, September 2022
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2078716/2022_09_EUAA_COI_Report_Syria_Security_situation.pdf
In February 2023, EUAA published the EU Member States' updated common analysis and guidance on Syria, which esp. are based on the EASO reports mentioned above:
EUAA: Country Guidance: Syria, February 2023
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2086796/2023_Country_Guidance_Syria.pdf
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