Last week marked six months since the fall of Bashar al-Assad and the beginning of the fragile, fast-moving political transition that followed. In the lead-up to this milestone, ETANA conducted...

Despite the promises of recent diplomatic engagements and the lifting of US and EU sanctions, Syria’s security situation remains fractious and fragile. The current status quo is defined by multiple...

US President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East last week marked a substantive shift in US policy towards Syria. Upon arriving to the region, President Trump announced the lifting...

An outbreak of armed clashes and anti-Druze sectarian violence in Suwayda province and the Rural Damascus towns of Jaramana and Sahnaya last week appears to have reached a tense impasse....

The eruption of sectarian violence in Jaramana and Ashrafiyat Sahnaya–two Druze-majority areas located to the south and south-east of Damascus–marks a dangerous escalation in Syria’s post-Assad transition. The speed and...

The online leak of an audio recording allegedly depicting a Druze cleric insulting the Prophet Muhammad changed the security picture around Damascus and Suwayda overnight: in response, interim security forces...

Hopes for calm in the north-east following an agreement between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and interim authorities to demilitarize the Tishreen Dam area are fading. Despite rising tensions, troop...

In 2011, Syrians took to the streets demanding urgent political reforms and inclusive governance, aiming to end decades of cronyism and corruption under the Assad regime.​ With Bashar al-Assad now...

The collapse of the Assad regime in Syria has precipitated the end of the industrial-scale narcotics trafficking operation run by the regime’s security apparatus and Hezbollah. The impact on smuggling...

The abrupt collapse of Ahmad al-Awdeh’s forces in south Syria marks a major realignment of regional security dynamics in the region by removing a significant obstacle to new President Ahmad...