Suwayda is at the forefront of a national boycott movement against the Syrian People’s Assembly elections, scheduled for 15th July. Demonstrators from the Druze-majority province, who have been staging anti-regime...

To assess the perceptions of Syrians inside Syria regarding normalization, ETANA conducted a comprehensive public opinion survey across the southern provinces of Daraa, Quneitra and Suwayda by polling 121 participants....

In need of solutions to the growing security threats emanating from Syria, Arab states normalized relations with the Syrian regime in May 2023, marked most significantly by Syria’s reinstatement to...

While an upsurge in ISIS cells attacks has continued to target the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and regime troops, the unprecedented violent surge of April appears to have receded somewhat....

Despite an increasingly violent response from Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) toward ongoing public demonstrations, the movement against the group is expanding. Protests are now coalescing into a major threat to...

The border conflict between Israeli forces and Iranian-backed militias in south-west Syria reached its lowest ebb since hostilities in Gaza erupted nearly eight months ago. Iranian-backed militias were responsible for...

Since mid-April, regime forces have closed the only desert road linking regime-controlled areas to Rukban camp, a desert settlement of up to 8,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) close to the...

Demonstrations have continued throughout areas controlled by hardline Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), now the most enduring protest movement the region has witnessed against the group in its recent history. HTS...

A renewed surge in ISIS attacks saw April rank among the highest monthly death tolls for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) since 2019. ISIS cells were responsible for some 35...

Regime and Iranian-backed militia deployments to Suwayda province raised fears of a violent crackdown on ongoing anti-regime protests. So far, mediations between the regime and influential Druze community leaders have...