Hazem Zahoor Adi

• Researcher - Specialized in legal affairs.

• A member of the Studies Unit team at Jusoor Center.

• Had special focus on issues of law, governance, and local security in Syria.

•Bachelor of Law, University of Aleppo in 2003.

• Had several publications in law and political science.

• He passed away in Antakya, southern Turkey, where he was residing, as a result of the devastating earthquake on February 6, 2023.

Civil Society and Local Elites in Northern Syria

Since 2011, the authority in Syria has relatively lost its ability to intervene in societal matters, gradually restoring...