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  • Tracking the Military Losses of the Syrian Civil War: February 2020
    If January was anything to go by, observers of the Syrian Civil War would have assumed February would be an active month. Few would have guessed the extent to which one of the war’s major regional players, Turkey, would go to assert itself in a conflict that is …
    By Trent Schoenborn & Gregory Waters
    12 March 2020
    Conflict, Politics, West & Central Asia
  • The Syrian Regime Turns On Its Patrons: Rami Makhlouf’s Fall From …
    Conflict, Politics, Profiles, West & Central Asia
    As Syria’s seemingly endless civil war continues to scorch the countryside, the Syrian government has been forced …
    By Trent Schoenborn
    11 Sep 2019
  • The 25th Division: Syria’s Tiger Forces get Rebranded
    News and Analysis, Politics, West & Central Asia
    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
  • 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
  • A group of Tiger Forces fighters made almost entirely of children pose in East Ghouta, Damascus.
    Tiger Forces, Part 2: The Recruitment of Child Soldiers
    Since the Syrian government captured Aleppo in December 2016 it has continued to shorten its front lines, seemingly …
    By Gregory Waters
    3 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
  • 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
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