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Introduction
The purpose of this report is to provide relevant information for the assessment of applications for international protection, and in particular for use in updating EUAA’s country guidance on Syria.
The report covers the period of March – May 2025, and should be read in conjunction the EUAA COI report: Syria - Country Focus (March 2025).
Methodology
This report was jointly drafted by EUAA and ACCORD and reviewed by EUAA and national COI departments in EU+ countries, as mentioned in the Acknowledgements section. This report is produced in line with the EUAA COI Report Methodology (2023)1 and the EUAA COI Writing and Referencing Style Guide (2023).2
Defining the terms of reference
The terms of reference (ToR) of this report were defined by EUAA based on discussions held and input received from COI experts in the EUAA COI specialist network on Syria and from policy experts in EU+ countries within the framework of a Country Guidance development on Syria. The ToR also build on previous EUAA COI reports on Syria covering the same topics. The Terms of Reference for this report can be found in Annex 2: Terms of Reference of this report.
Collecting information
The information gathered is a result of research using public, specialised paper-based and electronic sources until 6 June 2025. Some limited additional information was added during the finalisation of this report in response to feedback received during the quality control process, and at least one interview conducted with an oral source, until 23 June 2025.
Quality control
To ensure that the authors respected the EUAA COI Report Methodology and that the Terms of Reference were comprehensively addressed, a review was carried out by COI specialists from the countries and organisations listed as reviewers in the Acknowledgements section. All comments made by the reviewers were taken into consideration and most of them were implemented in the final draft of this report, which was finalised on 23 June 2025. EUAA also performed the final quality review and editing of the text.