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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 Dynamics of Tyranny
Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
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
Tracking the Military Losses of the Syrian Civil War: February 2020
Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
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
Tracking the Military Losses of the Syrian Civil War: January 2020
Conflict, West & Central Asia
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
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

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
Understanding Syria’s Military Deployments in Idlib
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
Conflict, West & Central Asia
Compromise, Concession, and “The Railroad”
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
Conflict, West & Central Asia
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
The Art of Constantly Changing Narratives – Part I: Russia
To anyone familiar with the media landscape surrounding Syria, Russia’s presence in the war has always been …
By Séamus Malekafzali
12 Apr 2018
Conflict, 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
Jableh’s Sacrifice: Testing the Limits of Syrian Loyalty
Damascus faces growing resentment as hardships burden the Syrian regime's war-weary coastal heartlands.
By Gregory Waters
20 Dec 2017
Conflict, West & Central Asia
The Promise of Local Councils: A Future for Syrians, by Syrians
The Syrian government has not controlled large swathes of the country for nearly six years. In its absence, …
By Gregory Waters
21 Nov 2017
Politics, West & Central Asia
Abu Jaber and Hayat Tahrir al Sham, Part 3: The Failure of Blood
In Part 1 of this series I discussed how the formation of HTS was a response to rebel failures in 2016 and the …
By Gregory Waters
13 Nov 2017
Conflict, West & Central Asia

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