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  • Anwar al-Awlaki’s Life after Death: ISIS, al-Qaida, and a Shared L…
    There is a saying attributed to Abdullah ibn Mas’ud, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, regarding the difference between those who have lived and those who have died. It is a saying oft-used by Islamic lecturers when referring to past ideologues and figures in …
    By Séamus Malekafzali
    4 October 2018
    Conflict, North Africa, West & Central Asia
  • Tiger Forces, Part 4: Russia’s Partner Force
    Conflict, Profiles, West & Central Asia
    On 30 September 2015, Russia officially entered the Syrian Civil War alongside the Syrian government. Russian air, …
    By Gregory Waters
    25 Sep 2018
  • Dwarfing the Giant: The Reality of Russia’s Military, Part I
    Conflict, Europe, North Asia, Politics
    In a recent interview, Dmitri Peskov echoed a statement from Vladimir Putin, ‘the Russian armed forces had …
    By Stanimir Dobrev
    19 Sep 2018
  • The Sinai Insurgency, Part 4: The Egyptian Military In Crisis
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
    On 14 April 2017, a video surfaced on to the Internet showing Egyptian military personnel executing 2 suspects
    By Chris Gentry
    12 Sep 2018
  • Tiger Forces, Part 3: Roots in the Desert Hawks
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
    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
  • “We Kneel Only to God”: HTS Chastises Allies in New Video
    On 7 August 2018, Hayyat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) media channels announced the publication of a new propaganda piece, …
    By Trent Schoenborn & Gregory Waters
    24 Aug 2018
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • Islamic State Propaganda during the Damascus Offensive
    A series of defeats for the Islamic State (IS) through 2017 had reduced their territory in Syria to a handful of …
    By Robert Postings
    17 Aug 2018
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • Anwar al-Awlaki’s Life after Death – Part I
    Crafting the Aftermath On February 5, 2002, an American-born Islamic cleric named Anwar al-Awlaki was invited to …
    By Séamus Malekafzali
    14 Aug 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

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