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  • 4th Division Golan launchers outside Kabani
    Battle for Kabani: A Rare Defeat for the Syrian Army in 2019
    On December 29, 2019, the 4th Division announced that “after achieving the desired goals in Latakia” it would be redeploying its units to Aleppo “for new victories.” It is unclear what goals the 4th Division had achieved in Latakia. Since 1 May …
    By Gregory Waters
    6 January 2020
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • Current Syrian Army Deployments
    Conflict, News and Analysis, West & Central Asia
    Despite the decrease in the operational tempo of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) since last year, 2019 has seen the …
    By Gregory Waters
    13 Dec 2019
  • Syria’s Border Guards: From Auxiliary to Frontlines
    Conflict, Profiles, West & Central Asia
    On June 9, 2019, rebel inghimashi fighters stormed a Syrian regime position in Jebal Turkmen, Latakia, killing at …
    By Gregory Waters
    25 Sep 2019
  • The 25th Division: Syria’s Tiger Forces get Rebranded
    News and Analysis, Politics, West & Central Asia
    On the evening of August 28, members and commanders of Syria’s Tiger Forces began posting on Facebook variations of …
    By Gregory Waters
    30 Aug 2019
  • Understanding Syria’s Military Deployments in Idlib
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
    On March 3, 2019, Al-Qaeda-linked Ansar al-Tawhid raided a Syrian government checkpoint in Masasana, Hama, killing …
    By Gregory Waters
    10 Mar 2019
  • Tiger Forces, Part 4: Russia’s Partner Force
    On 30 September 2015, Russia officially entered the Syrian Civil War alongside the Syrian government. Russian air, …
    By Gregory Waters
    25 Sep 2018
    Conflict, Profiles, West & Central Asia
  • Yusuf Shaheen with Suheil al-Hassan of the Tiger Forces and Mohammad Jaber of the Desert Hawks.
    Tiger Forces, Part 3: Roots in the Desert Hawks
    Three years into the Syrian Civil War, the government had largely managed to halt rebel advances around Damascus by …
    By Gregory Waters
    6 Sep 2018
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • قوات النمر, الجزء الأول: جرائم الحرب التي ارتكبتها مجموعات الفهود
    هذا البحث الأول ضمن سلسلة ابحاث عن الميليشيا السورية الموالية للحكومة المعروفة باسم “قوات النمر”. سيوفر …
    By Gregory Waters
    4 Aug 2018
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • A group of Tiger Forces fighters made almost entirely of children pose in East Ghouta, Damascus.
    Tiger Forces, Part 2: The Recruitment of Child Soldiers
    Since the Syrian government captured Aleppo in December 2016 it has continued to shorten its front lines, seemingly …
    By Gregory Waters
    3 Aug 2018
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • Tiger Forces, Part 1: The War Crimes of the “Cheetah” Groups
    This is the first of several entries on the pro-government Syrian militia known as the Tiger Forces. Each entry …
    By Gregory Waters
    23 Jul 2018
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • 2018 East Ghouta Offensive: the Cost of Securing Damascus
    On February 18th, 2018, the Syrian government began it’s offensive to recapture all of rebel-held East …
    By Gregory Waters
    2 May 2018
    Conflict, Regions, West & Central Asia
  • The Growing Role of Reconciled Rebels in Syria
    In 2013, two years after the first anti-government protests began in Dara’a, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) was …
    By Gregory Waters
    21 Apr 2018
    Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
  • Members of the French far-right Christian NGO SOS Chrétiens d'Orient pose with NDF fighters from Mahradah.
    Damascus’ “Democratic” Experiments: Local Councils under Gov…
    On August 23, 2011, Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad passed Decree 107 in an attempt to ameliorate the growing …
    By Gregory Waters
    14 Mar 2018
    Politics, West & Central Asia
  • Inside the U.S. coalition attack on Syrian forces in Deir-ez-Zor
    This article was updated on February 13, 2018 as new information came out confirming at least twelve Russian deaths …
    By Gregory Waters
    10 Feb 2018
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • Jableh’s Sacrifice: Testing the Limits of Syrian Loyalty
    Damascus faces growing resentment as hardships burden the Syrian regime's war-weary coastal heartlands.
    By Gregory Waters
    20 Dec 2017
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • 2017 Deir Ez Zor Offensive: Battle for Humaymah
    On July 1, 2017 pro-government media outlets released the first video depicting Hezbollah and Iraqi Shia militias …
    By Gregory Waters
    9 Dec 2017
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • The Promise of Local Councils: A Future for Syrians, by Syrians
    The Syrian government has not controlled large swathes of the country for nearly six years. In its absence, …
    By Gregory Waters
    21 Nov 2017
    Politics, West & Central Asia
  • Abu Jaber and Hayat Tahrir al Sham, Part 3: The Failure of Blood
    In Part 1 of this series I discussed how the formation of HTS was a response to rebel failures in 2016 and the …
    By Gregory Waters
    13 Nov 2017
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
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