Military
BRIEF: Rising instability in south-west Syria
Amid the fallout of attacks in Suwayda and ongoing Israeli ground incursions, interim authorities’ governance patterns in the south-west have seen little change. Damascus continues to rely on Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) allies while isolating prominent local figures in the...
BRIEF: Rising instability in south-west Syria
Amid the fallout of attacks in Suwayda and ongoing Israeli ground incursions, interim authorities’ governance patterns in the south-west have...
BRIEF: Suwayda ceasefire holds but internal divisions grow
For another week, there has been no change on the ground in Suwayda, with ceasefire violations limited to small-scale armed...
BRIEF: Suwayda ceasefire holds, political talks stall amid mutual distrust
There has been no change to the map of control in Suwayda since ETANA’s last reporting in late August. Suwayda’s...
Political
BRIEF: Suwayda roadmap agreement faces pushback
Building on the ceasefire brokered between Syria, Jordan and the US in late July, the three countries last week announced...
STUDY: Israel’s Strategy in South Syria
Download PDF On the same day that Syrians took to the streets to celebrate the downfall of Bashar al-Assad, Israeli...
BRIEF: Suwayda under siege
A tentative ceasefire that has mostly held in Suwayda since 20th July has yielded a new tactic from interim authorities:...
BRIEF: Suwayda truce holds, authorities navigate next steps
Despite scattered and not insignificant bouts of fighting since the tripartite ceasefire came into effect last weekend, the general picture...
ANALYSIS: Course-correcting Syria’s political transition after Suwayda
The Suwayda crisis has laid bare the dangers of militarised governance, exclusionary politics, and top-down transition models. Without a fundamental...
BRIEF: Tentative ceasefire holds despite ongoing violations
After a series of different ceasefires beginning late Friday evening failed to halt fighting or force withdrawals from Suwayda by...
BRIEF: Suwayda truce collapses following tribal mobilization
Despite interim authorities fully withdrawing all its forces and affiliated armed groups from Suwayda following a tentative truce reached mid-week,...
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