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  • 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) and  the Syrian government, the official media production arm of HTS released a full-fledged propaganda feature. The 40-minute production, titled …
    By Trent Schoenborn & Séamus Malekafzali
    3 December 2018
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
  • 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
  • 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
  • The Fight for the Syrian Economy Appears Lost
    Economy, West & Central Asia
    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
  • Islamic State Propaganda during the Damascus Offensive
    Conflict, West & Central Asia
    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
  • 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

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