As Senior Advisor at the International Crisis Group, Dareen leads Crisis Group's efforts to promote dialogue and contribute to peacemaking policy and practice.  

Dareen has been working at Crisis Group since 2019. She previously held the position of a Senior Analyst for Syria, conducting extensive field research and drafting detailed reports and policy briefs. Over the past seventeen years, she has worked directly with and mediated between difficult-to-reach conflict actors in complex dynamics. She has worked in conflict areas in a variety of roles, including with Amnesty International and most recently with the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD), where she regularly engaged with various civilian and armed actors to mitigate conflicts. She is frequently quoted by major media outlets, including The New York Times, The Economist, Financial Times, and The Washington Post.

Dareen holds an MA in Human Rights and Public Policy from University College London. As well as being an Associate Fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, King’s College, London

• Conflict mediation and discreet diplomacy
• Engaging with Sub-state armed groups
• Jihadists 
• Civil society

• In Syria’s Idlib, Washington’s Chance to Reimagine Counter-terrorism
• The Jihadist Factor in Syria’s Idlib: A Conversation with Abu Mohamed al Jolani
• Has Turkey’s Incursion into Syria Opened The Door For An Islamic State Comeback?
• An Unnerving Fate for the Families of Syria’s Northeast
• The Rule is for None But Allah: Islamist Approaches to Governance (contributor)
• Many Syrians are sceptical of peace talks. Here’s why.
• Normalising Relations with Syria: How Significant?
• Saving peace: The case for amending the Egypt-Israel peace treaty

• Arabic
• English