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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
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Hajin – The Last Stand of the Islamic State
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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
The Contradictions of Northern Syria
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This article provides an overview of the geopolitical situation in Northern Syria. We’ll look at the history …
By Sebastian Gonano
5 Jun 2018
The Qiyam Phenomenon: Analysis of Syria’s Harakat al-Qiyam
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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
The Role of Sheikh Maqsoud during the Battle for Aleppo
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Sheikh Maqsoud is a district in the northern part of Aleppo city with a Kurdish majority population. Except for its …
By Sebastian Gonano
16 Nov 2017
The Start of the SDF’s Raqqa Offensive
On November 5th 2016, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) started the so called “Wrath of the Euphrates” …
By Sebastian Gonano
13 Nov 2017
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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
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