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  • SAS in Syria
    SAS Injured in Syria: Shouldn’t We Understand What Went Wrong?
    In early January, just a few weeks after US President Trump announced that the US-led coalition defeated IS, two British Special Forces soldiers were seriously injured and a Kurdish fighter from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was killed by a missile launched by IS …
    By Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen
    8 February 2019
    Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
  • Hajin – The Last Stand of the Islamic State
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
    The failure to break the YPG in Kobani was an omen of things to come. And now, as winter neared in 2018, the SDF was on the doorstep of the "capital" the remnants of IS had declared, in Hajin, a town of less than 30,000.
    By Séamus Malekafzali
    22 Dec 2018
  • 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
  • Anwar al-Awlaki’s Life after Death: ISIS, al-Qaida, and a Shared L…
    Conflict, North Africa, West & Central Asia
    There is a saying attributed to Abdullah ibn Mas’ud, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, regarding the …
    By Séamus Malekafzali
    4 Oct 2018
  • 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
  • The Fight for the Syrian Economy Appears Lost
    While on the battlefield Damascus and its allies seem to be achieving victory after victory, the fight for the …
    By Stanimir Dobrev
    21 Aug 2018
    Economy, 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
  • 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
  • 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 Contradictions of Northern Syria
    This article provides an overview of the geopolitical situation in Northern Syria. We’ll look at the history …
    By Sebastian Gonano
    5 Jun 2018
    Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
  • The Qiyam Phenomenon: Analysis of Syria’s Harakat al-Qiyam
    On an unknown date in late August of 2017, a number of small rural insurgency cells in northern Syria came together …
    By Trent Schoenborn
    18 May 2018
    Conflict, West & Central Asia

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