Late afternoon on December 5th, Operation Deterring Aggression forces seized control of the key north-west city of Hama, the fourth largest city in Syria. This loss is huge for the...

The opposition is making steady advances in and around Hama. Significant gains have been made on the eastern outskirts of Hama, laying the groundwork to encircle the metropolis. More than...

As of the evening of 3rd December, fighting continued to rage along the frontlines of northern and eastern Hama province. Opposition forces captured several new towns along the M5 highway...

The battlefield success of opposition forces is rapidly altering the political and military landscape of Syria. Opposition forces have maintained their momentum across multiple fronts, capturing strategic towns and positions...

For the first time in eight years, opposition factions are in control of Aleppo city. The swift and decisive advances by opposition forces in north-west Syria on 27th November were...

US-led International Coalition forces significantly escalated attacks against Iranian-backed militias in October, with heavy artillery bombardment focusing on sites in and around Deir Ezzor city and other areas. The attacks...

Throughout October, Israeli forces conducted regular incursions into Syrian-controlled Quneitra, constructing fencing, de-mining and conducting reconnaissance near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. ETANA has documented similar activity since early this year,...

Hundreds of thousands of Syrian returnees have entered regime-held Syria since late September—many for the first time in years—but relatively little is known about returnees’ prospects after return. Throughout October,...

Intensifying Israeli attacks on Lebanon are causing a mass displacement crisis that has seen at least 258,000 Lebanese and Syrians cross into Syria to escape bombardment. As many as 70%...

ISIS fighters detained by the the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) remain a persistent threat in Syria. In early September, five ISIS members escaped from Raqqa Central Prison, revealing ISIS cells’...