This reporting period covers the month of July.After concluding its settlement drive in Daraa province last month, the regime has since extended the same process to neighboring Quneitra. This ongoing...

August 2023As Syria’s currency plummets to unprecedented lows, the country is plunging into an ever-deeper economic depression. Despite regime hopes that its readmission to the Arab League would be followed...

This reporting period covers the month of June.Clandestine ISIS activity has quieted somewhat in recent weeks, with attacks against both the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and regime troops declining across...

This reporting period covers the month of June.Since the beginning of May, Russian airstrikes over north-west Syria have dramatically intensified and led to the deadliest attack on civilians in the...

This reporting period covers the month of June.After nearly 40 days, the regime has concluded a much-hyped reconciliation drive in Daraa province, registering and settling the status of a record...

Economic crisis and discontent with Self Administration policies continues to foment anger among populations across the north-east, with demonstrations erupting in nearly half a dozen towns and cities in recent...

Despite continuing to profit handsomely from the expanding narcotics trade in south Syria, the Assad regime launched a series of largely symbolic measures to signal that it is clamping down...

Russian airstrikes returned to southern Idlib for the first time in months, with a series of aerial bombardments menacing villages in the Jabal al-Zawiya area. Russian aerial attacks against the...

The reach of Syria’s illicit smuggling networks has become a top concern in the region and western states. Seeking to curb the trade, the Arab League recently welcomed Assad back...

With Iranian backing, the Syrian regime has for years worked to develop and domestically produce sophisticated weapons technologies for use against Syrian civilians and in future regional conflicts—including with Israel....