Study Trips
Human Security Solutions – Syria Study Trip
Overview
Human Security Solutions (HSS) organizes professional, on-the-ground study trips in Syria for diplomats, security sector experts, humanitarian professionals, journalists, and researchers. These trips offer unique access to key regions, actors, and institutions involved in Syria’s post-conflict governance and recovery processes.
Purpose
Our trips provide in-depth, field-based insights into security sector reform (SSR), disarmament and reintegration (DDR), transitional justice, missing persons, and human security, fostering a deep understanding of Syria’s evolving political and social landscape.
Target Participants
- Diplomats and foreign officials
- SSR/DDR professionals and defense advisors
- Humanitarian and protection actors
- Transitional justice and legal experts
- Academics and conflict researchers
- Journalists and media professionals
Confirmed Locations
– Damascus – visits to state institutions, embassies, justice sector actors, civil society initiatives, and embassies
– Tartous – perspectives from coastal communities on security, reconciliation, and governance
– Idlib – observing newly reintegrated areas under regime control, gaining insights into state-civil relations and local governance transitions
– Hama – civil society leadership, post-conflict governance, and community-based recovery
– Atmeh Camp – field visit to displacement areas, including meetings with UN staff, humanitarian agencies, and affected families
– Daraa – observing the region’s complex dynamics amid ongoing Israeli military operations and territorial disputes
Key Engagements
- Seydnaya Prison – visiting this site of documented atrocities under the Assad regime, central to understanding transitional justice and accountability processes
- Meetings with armed groups, including Druze factions recently integrated into state structures, to discuss pathways toward legitimate security and demobilization
- Exchanges with Syrian media, including Enab Baladi, to explore press freedom and the role of journalism in post-conflict Syria
- Conversations with families of missing persons, documentation groups, and ICMP (International Commission on Missing Persons) on justice and accountability for the disappeared
- Expert briefings with local academicians, International Crisis Group (ICG), Geneva Call, and other international actors working on conflict resolution, human rights, and protection frameworks
Why Participate?
* Firsthand exposure to Syria’s political, legal, and security realities
* Structured, secure engagements with local communities, international experts, and diplomatic missions
* Inform policy, programming, and reporting with grounded, field-based knowledge
* Strengthen cross-sectoral networks with key Syrian and international actors
Logistics & Safety
HSS coordinates all security, logistics, permits, transport, and interpretation, ensuring safe and professional engagements at all times.
Next Trip
20–27 July 2025
Register or inquire at: info@humansecuritysolutions.org
Website: www.humansecuritysolutions.org
“Field truth is the foundation of responsible engagement”
Information:
Total price: 1000 EUR per person. Included in the trip: Hotel, transportation and food costs for 7 days. The participants can book their own flight tickets.
Do you want to understand a country holistically?
In the past we organized study trips to: Morocco, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, Egypt, Serbia, Hungary and many more! During our trips we met many influential leaders, academicians, embassy personnel, NGOs, Int. Crisis Group experts, journalists, human rights activists, parliamentarians and many more. We talked to the Muslimbrotherhood in Egypt (Mr. Essam Al-Arian), a Serbian Commander, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas leader Khaled Meshael in Yemen, UNIFIL experts in the Israeli-Lebanese borders, current Lebanese Prime Minister Mr. Nawaf Salam, etc. Do you want to understand the current political, social, economical and historical contect in Syria? Then join us on this extra-ordinary journey!
For more information, please email: info@humansecuritysolutions.org.
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