Military
Analysis: Syria and the Israel-Iran war
One week ago, Israel launched a wave of aerial attacks targeting Iranian nuclear facilities, military and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commanders and scientists, and other key infrastructure across Iran. Iran has retaliated with several barrages of high-speed ballistic missiles...
Analysis: Syria and the Israel-Iran war
One week ago, Israel launched a wave of aerial attacks targeting Iranian nuclear facilities, military and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps...
Syria Update #25: 26 May 2025
Despite the promises of recent diplomatic engagements and the lifting of US and EU sanctions, Syria’s security situation remains fractious...
Syria Update #24: 8 May 2025
An outbreak of armed clashes and anti-Druze sectarian violence in Suwayda province and the Rural Damascus towns of Jaramana and...
Political
STUDY: Refugee Returns & Migration Dynamics after Assad
Download PDF Published in partnership with Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Lebanon, this study assesses returns by refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs)...
Syria Update #24: 8 May 2025
An outbreak of armed clashes and anti-Druze sectarian violence in Suwayda province and the Rural Damascus towns of Jaramana and...
BRIEF: The Jaramana & Ashrafiyat Sahnaya crisis
The eruption of sectarian violence in Jaramana and Ashrafiyat Sahnaya–two Druze-majority areas located to the south and south-east of Damascus–marks...
BRIEF: Armed clashes erupt in Jaramana & Sahnaya
The online leak of an audio recording allegedly depicting a Druze cleric insulting the Prophet Muhammad changed the security picture...
BRIEF: SDF Agreement Stalls as ISIS Regroups
Hopes for calm in the north-east following an agreement between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and interim authorities to demilitarize...
BRIEF: Syria’s interim cabinet—between inclusion & power consolidation
In 2011, Syrians took to the streets demanding urgent political reforms and inclusive governance, aiming to end decades of cronyism...
BRIEF: Cross-Border Smuggling After the Regime’s Collapse
The collapse of the Assad regime in Syria has precipitated the end of the industrial-scale narcotics trafficking operation run by...
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