Post-conflict reconstruction is a huge political, social and economic endeavour; one that no one really wants, but one that is often necessary because humans have still not lost their primal instinct ...
This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway across the globe. Some of the more well-known examples ...
Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.