Mr. Betare (Bitari), holds a Masters in Political Sociology, and worked as a program coordinator in Support of Iraqi refugees in Syria at the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) and Danish Red Cross (DRC). Mr. Betare also worked as a freelance reporter with NPR and an interpreter to McClatchy in Lebanon, and has written widely in many Arabic journals such as al’Safir, al’Hayat, and other websites. His last report on Syrian-Palestinian refugees was published in the Journal of Palestinian studies. Mr. Betare also worked as a program coordinator for the Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND), focusing on increasing the capacity of Syrian civil society to defend human rights. Mr. Betare has also been asked to speak at numerous events discussing the plight of Syrian-Palestinians, including the Annual World Bank meeting in 2013, the UN – Headquarters in New York City, Tokyo, Japan and at a variety of universities around the United States.
Posts by Nidal Bitari
Possible Strategies and Outcomes in a Potential Invasion of the NW Syria Opposition Pocket by the Assad Regime and its Allies
Lead Author: Sasha Ghosh-Siminoff Co Authors: Bassam Barabandi and Nidal Betare With a potential invasion of the...
PDC Pro-Iranian Militia Mapping Project
This map was created by PDC Inc. team to convey the presence of pro-Iranian militias...
ISIS from Southern Damascus to AsSuwayda
Key takeaways: The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in southern Damascus was established in...
Yemen in Crisis
By Sergio Valente The United States and their allies recently declared victory in the Syrian city...
Deir Azzour Tribal Mapping Project
PDC's Bassam Barabandi and Nidal Betare collaborated with Nick Heras from CNAS to map the...
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