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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 Facets of Annihilation

Conflict, West & Central Asia

The involvement of medical personnel in the Assad regime's counter-insurgency sheds light on the extent of the genocidal violence that has permeated Syria in the ninth year of its conflict. A process with continuing progress.

By Sascha Ruppert

31 Aug 2020
The Starvation State

Conflict, Economy, West & Central Asia

While historically a grain exporting country, on the eve of its civil war, Syria had been importing grain for a …

By Stanimir Dobrev

13 May 2020
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

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

Conflict, West & Central Asia
Battle for Kabani: A Rare Defeat for the Syrian Army in 2019

On December 29, 2019, the 4th Division announced that “after achieving the desired goals in Latakia” it …

By Gregory Waters

6 Jan 2020

Conflict, West & Central Asia
Aiding & Abetting

On the Limits of Humanitarian Work in Syria Food is a weapon – a very effective weapon. People don’t …

By Sascha Ruppert

22 Oct 2019

Conflict, West & Central Asia
Syria’s Border Guards: From Auxiliary to Frontlines

On June 9, 2019, rebel inghimashi fighters stormed a Syrian regime position in Jebal Turkmen, Latakia, killing at …

By Gregory Waters

25 Sep 2019

Conflict, Profiles, West & Central Asia
The Syrian Regime Turns On Its Patrons: Rami Makhlouf’s Fall From …

As Syria’s seemingly endless civil war continues to scorch the countryside, the Syrian government has been forced …

By Trent Schoenborn

11 Sep 2019

Conflict, Politics, Profiles, West & Central Asia
The 25th Division: Syria’s Tiger Forces get Rebranded

On the evening of August 28, members and commanders of Syria’s Tiger Forces began posting on Facebook variations of …

By Gregory Waters

30 Aug 2019

News and Analysis, Politics, West & Central Asia
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
Governance by Corruption & Extortion

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

Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
In the Hospitality of the Commander

An Analysis of a Message from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi The first picture of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in years. It is the …

By Séamus Malekafzali

2 May 2019

Conflict, West & Central Asia
An Authoritarian Marriage of Convenience

The Syrian regime’s connection to Germany’s right-wing populists While the Assad regime has proven …

By Sascha Ruppert

19 Mar 2019

Conflict, Europe, Politics, Profiles, 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
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 …

By Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen

8 Feb 2019

Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
Hajin – The Last Stand of the Islamic State

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

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 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
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

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