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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
  • 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
  • The Minor Sect Ruling Syria: Who are the Alawites?
    Politics, West & Central Asia
    How did a minor and historically secretive sect of Islam, the Alawites, come to rule Syria, and what do they believe?
    By Chris Gentry
    29 Dec 2017
  • 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

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