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  • Coffins of Syrian Arab Army soldiers brought to the Latakia Hospital after being killed in clashes, November 2019.
    The Military Casualties of the Syrian Civil War in 2020
    The long-burning civil war in Syria, now heading into its tenth year, has arguably reached an impasse in which the regime has won a military victory but has failed to regain control of the entire country, and is now facing crippling economic and social crises. The …
    By Trent Schoenborn & Gregory Waters
    18 January 2021
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • The Facets of Annihilation
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
    The involvement of medical personnel in the Assad regime's counter-insurgency sheds light on the extent of the genocidal violence that has permeated Syria in the ninth year of its conflict. A process with continuing progress.
    By Sascha Ruppert
    31 Aug 2020
  • Overseeing the UK’s Special Forces
    Conflict, Europe, Politics
    If “Global Britain” is to be a “force for good”, there must be oversight of the UK’s Special Forces. On 1 August …
    By Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen
    12 Aug 2020
  • Sinjar’s Yezidi Militias
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
    On June 14 the Turkish military (TSK) once again conducted airstrikes on the small rural district of Sinjar …
    By Kayla Koontz
    18 Jun 2020
  • The Starvation State
    Conflict, Economy, West & Central Asia
    While historically a grain exporting country, on the eve of its civil war, Syria had been importing grain for a …
    By Stanimir Dobrev
    13 May 2020
  • The Dynamics of Tyranny
    On the Necessity of Lasting Antagonism: “Terror is not the same as violence; it is, rather, the form of …
    By Sascha Ruppert
    22 Mar 2020
    Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
  • Tracking the Military Losses of the Syrian Civil War: February 2020
    If January was anything to go by, observers of the Syrian Civil War would have assumed February would be an active …
    By Trent Schoenborn & Gregory Waters
    12 Mar 2020
    Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
  • Tracking the Military Losses of the Syrian Civil War: January 2020
    January 2020 was remarkably violent when compared to the average monthly death toll from last year. This is due to …
    By Trent Schoenborn & Gregory Waters
    5 Feb 2020
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • 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 …
    By Gregory Waters
    6 Jan 2020
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • 2020 in Iraq: What Happens Now?
    Last night, at around 10:30 PM GMT, reports began to filter out of Baghdad that a series of explosions had rocked …
    By Trent Schoenborn
    3 Jan 2020
    Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
  • Globalised Identity – The Resilience of Modern Terrorism
    Collective identity is an important societal concept that is rarely talked about in an analytical manner. The …
    By Sebastian Gonano
    3 Jan 2020
    Conflict, Global, Politics
  • Members of the 4th Division's "Suicide" Battalion in Uqayribat, Hama in October 2017
    Current Syrian Army Deployments
    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
    Conflict, News and Analysis, West & Central Asia
  • UK General Election 2019: time for a new approach to security partnershi…
    This general election is an opportunity for UK political parties to commit to a review of the UK’s approach to …
    By Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen
    9 Dec 2019
    Conflict, Europe, Politics
  • Aiding & Abetting
    On the Limits of Humanitarian Work in Syria Food is a weapon – a very effective weapon. People don’t …
    By Sascha Ruppert
    22 Oct 2019
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • Members of the Border Guards deployed in central Syria.
    Syria’s Border Guards: From Auxiliary to Frontlines
    On June 9, 2019, rebel inghimashi fighters stormed a Syrian regime position in Jebal Turkmen, Latakia, killing at …
    By Gregory Waters
    25 Sep 2019
    Conflict, Profiles, West & Central Asia
  • The Syrian Regime Turns On Its Patrons: Rami Makhlouf’s Fall From …
    As Syria’s seemingly endless civil war continues to scorch the countryside, the Syrian government has been forced …
    By Trent Schoenborn
    11 Sep 2019
    Conflict, Politics, Profiles, West & Central Asia
  • Siil 2018: Mobilisation & conscription in the 21st century
    Although most NATO aligned militaries operate on the basis of a professional army, there has been an observable …
    By Erik Markus Kannike
    15 Jul 2019
    Conflict, Europe
  • Flames of War: Arson As a Weapon of Conflict in Syria and Iraq
    Beginning in the second week of May, farmers in the vicinity of the Qarachoqh Mountain began reporting unusual …
    By Trent Schoenborn
    1 Jul 2019
    Conflict, Economy, West & Central Asia
  • Governance by Corruption & Extortion
    The Pillars of Authoritarian Resilience Part 2 The most part are too busy in getting food, and the rest too …
    By Sascha Ruppert
    25 Jun 2019
    Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
  • The Things They Left Behind
    Working in Syria left us with no doubts about the extent of the evil that we were facing when it comes to …
    By Miles Vining
    10 May 2019
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • In the Hospitality of the Commander
    An Analysis of a Message from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi The first picture of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in years. It is the …
    By Séamus Malekafzali
    2 May 2019
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • Forever Train and Advise, Part 1: Introducing the SFAB
    “It’s not forever war, it’s forever train and advise” -General Mark Milley, US Army In December 2018, the Trump …
    By Adam Brayne
    13 Apr 2019
    Asia, Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • The Iran-Iraq War: Oman’s Foreign Policy, Part 2
    Today, the Sultanate of Oman is seen by many as a provider of peace and aid to much of the Middle East. The …
    By Edwin Tran
    29 Mar 2019
    Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
  • Iraq’s Diyala Faces a New Insurgency
    2018 was the safest year for Iraqis since the advent of the Islamic State (IS) in the summer of 2014, when the …
    By Trent Schoenborn
    22 Mar 2019
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • An Authoritarian Marriage of Convenience
    The Syrian regime’s connection to Germany’s right-wing populists While the Assad regime has proven …
    By Sascha Ruppert
    19 Mar 2019
    Conflict, Europe, Politics, Profiles, West & Central Asia
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