BACKGROUND In the present study, it was aimed to assess the demographics, clinical features, and treatment costs of cases referred to our hospital after the Syrian civil war. METHODS Of 1355 Syrian civil war victims referred to our hospital during the 14-month period between June 2011 and July 2012, 482 cases presenting to the emergency department were included in the study. The electronic da...

I provide an analytical review of the literature on poverty and political violence, focusing on civil war. I also consider the effects of economic inequality and education. Expectations from rational choice theories of civil war are that violence will rise as income per capita, education, and economic growth decline. This is due either to the declining opportunity cost of violence or to the dec...

We conducted a systematic review of literature reporting on the prevalence of assessment measures, treatments, and biomarkers used in the diagnosis and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Iraqi, Kurdish, and Syrian refugees. We performed a search of medical, psychological, and sociological databases on all relevant literature published between January 2011 and March 2016. Seven...

2010 y?l?nda Kuzey Afrika ülkelerinde ya?anan huzursuzluk bir dalga halinde Ortado?u’ya yay?lm??, Arap halklar?n?n ayaklanmas? Suriye’de de etkisini göstermi?tir. 2011 Dera’da ba?layan rejime yönelik protestolar?n rejim güçleri taraf?ndan ?iddet yoluyla bast?r?lmas?, tutuklamalar, DEA?, YPG gibi terör örgütlerinin halk üzerindeki bask?s?, ?iddeti ve daha pek çok olumsuz geli?me sonucu iç sava? ...

As a result of the debilitating situation that Syrian state reached during Civil War, government relies heavily on paramilitary groups to confront security challenges. Existing studies imply all in Syria were formed largely top-down process. Focusing rise al-Baqqer Brigade and relying series in-depth interviews with members al-Baggara tribe who make up most this militia, paper challenges assump...