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  • The Facets of Annihilation
    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 August 2020
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • An Analysis of the Islamic State’s SVBIED Use in Raqqa
    Perhaps the most fearsome of all of the Islamic State’s (IS) weapons is the suicide vehicle borne improvised …
    By Robert Postings
    11 May 2018
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • 2018 East Ghouta Offensive: the Cost of Securing Damascus
    On February 18th, 2018, the Syrian government began it’s offensive to recapture all of rebel-held East …
    By Gregory Waters
    2 May 2018
    Conflict, Regions, 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
  • Suwayda – The “Almost” Revolution of 2017
    How Syria’s “Romeo and Juliet” almost destroyed Assad’s grip on power. In late 2017, social …
    By Stanimir Dobrev
    3 Apr 2018
    Politics, 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 Quest for Control – What does the spread of militias mean for …
    Syria's Bashar al-Assad remains in control thanks in part to a wide network of loyal militias. How will this affect him in the future?
    By Sebastian Gonano
    15 Dec 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
  • Syrian army Kurdish Soldier mans an artillery piece in Quneitra
    The rebel offensive in Quneitra province and Druze involvement
    On 10th September 2016, several rebel groups including Ahrar ash-Sham, Jabhat Fateh ash-Sham (JFS, former Al-Nusra Front) and associated units announced an offensive in Quneitra governate. The rebels aimed to capture and secure the town of Hader ( a Druze town), which they deemed essential for government operations in the region. Hader can be cut off rather easily as to its north is Mount Hermon, and the road leading past it to the south also connects to the Bayt Jinn rebel pocket.
    By Sebastian Gonano
    13 Nov 2017
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • Leader Profile: Abu Ammar Taftanaz
    On November 29th, 2016, Ahrar al-Sham’s primary spokesman Abu Yusuf al-Muhajir announced quite suddenly that a …
    By Trent Schoenborn
    3 Nov 2017
    Profiles, West & Central Asia
  • City Profile: The City of Aleppo
    One of Syria's largest cities, Aleppo has seen war for nearly four years. What has become of it since the onset of conflict?
    By Sebastian Gonano
    25 Oct 2017
    Profiles, West & Central Asia
  • Turkish military convoys advance in Jarablus
    Turkey in Syria – A summary of the intervention
    On August 24th, 2016, the Turkish military entered Syria near Jarabulus directly, together with various rebel …
    By Sebastian Gonano
    14 Oct 2017
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
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