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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
  • 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
  • Syria’s Border Guards: From Auxiliary to Frontlines
    Conflict, Profiles, West & Central Asia
    On June 9, 2019, rebel inghimashi fighters stormed a Syrian regime position in Jebal Turkmen, Latakia, killing at …
    By Gregory Waters
    25 Sep 2019
  • Governance by Corruption & Extortion
    Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
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