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  • 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 a significant escalation of Syrian government military operations, particularly in the second half of the month, that continued into February on multiple …
    By Trent Schoenborn & Gregory Waters
    5 February 2020
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • Battle for Kabani: A Rare Defeat for the Syrian Army in 2019
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
    On December 29, 2019, the 4th Division announced that “after achieving the desired goals in Latakia” it …
    By Gregory Waters
    6 Jan 2020
  • Current Syrian Army Deployments
    Conflict, News and Analysis, West & Central Asia
    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
  • Understanding Syria’s Military Deployments in Idlib
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
    On March 3, 2019, Al-Qaeda-linked Ansar al-Tawhid raided a Syrian government checkpoint in Masasana, Hama, killing …
    By Gregory Waters
    10 Mar 2019
  • Compromise, Concession, and “The Railroad”
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
    In the late hours of 23 November 2018, a year after the last major combat action between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) …
    By Trent Schoenborn & Séamus Malekafzali
    3 Dec 2018
  • Tiger Forces, Part 4: Russia’s Partner Force
    On 30 September 2015, Russia officially entered the Syrian Civil War alongside the Syrian government. Russian air, …
    By Gregory Waters
    25 Sep 2018
    Conflict, Profiles, West & Central Asia
  • 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 …
    By Gregory Waters
    6 Sep 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
  • An Analysis of Syrian NDF Media: 2014 – 2018
    Although numerous “popular committee” forces took up arms in support of the Syrian government in the …
    By Trent Schoenborn
    19 Jul 2018
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • 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
  • Hayyat Tahrir al-Sham Shifts Gears with “100+ Days” Propagan…
    On February 4th, 2018, Syrian opposition organisation Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) released a new propaganda video …
    By Trent Schoenborn & Gregory Waters
    9 Mar 2018
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
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