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  • 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 massively reinforcing the capital, leaving vast swathes of the country weakly defended. To compensate, several “elite” units backed by private investors …
    By Gregory Waters
    6 September 2018
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • قوات النمر, الجزء الأول: جرائم الحرب التي ارتكبتها مجموعات الفهود
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
    هذا البحث الأول ضمن سلسلة ابحاث عن الميليشيا السورية الموالية للحكومة المعروفة باسم “قوات النمر”. سيوفر …
    By Gregory Waters
    4 Aug 2018
  • Tiger Forces, Part 2: The Recruitment of Child Soldiers
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
    Since the Syrian government captured Aleppo in December 2016 it has continued to shorten its front lines, seemingly …
    By Gregory Waters
    3 Aug 2018
  • Tiger Forces, Part 1: The War Crimes of the “Cheetah” Groups
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
    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
  • 2018 East Ghouta Offensive: the Cost of Securing Damascus
    Conflict, Regions, West & Central Asia
    On February 18th, 2018, the Syrian government began it’s offensive to recapture all of rebel-held East …
    By Gregory Waters
    2 May 2018
  • 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
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