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  • 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 Ghouta, a mixed urban and agricultural region bordering the capital of Damascus. By the time the offensive officially ended on April 14, more than 133,000 …
    By Gregory Waters
    2 May 2018
    Conflict, Regions, West & Central Asia
  • The Growing Role of Reconciled Rebels in Syria
    Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
    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
  • Damascus’ “Democratic” Experiments: Local Councils under Gov…
    Politics, West & Central Asia
    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
  • Inside the U.S. coalition attack on Syrian forces in Deir-ez-Zor
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
    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
  • Jableh’s Sacrifice: Testing the Limits of Syrian Loyalty
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
    Damascus faces growing resentment as hardships burden the Syrian regime's war-weary coastal heartlands.
    By Gregory Waters
    20 Dec 2017
  • 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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