Subject: Security and Defense

Russian airstrikes returned to southern Idlib for the first time in months, with a series of aerial bombardments menacing villages ...

With Iranian backing, the Syrian regime has for years worked to develop and domestically produce sophisticated weapons technologies for use ...

This brief covers the reporting period of the month of April 2023Syria’s central Badia desert region remains plagued by violence ...

This brief covers the reporting period of the month of April 2023In the month leading up to its readmission to ...

Iran and the US-led International Coalition engaged in a dangerous tit-for-tat cycle of retaliatory attacks in March, resulting in the ...

Tensions between Turkey and Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have escalated significantly in recent weeks. The extremist group is accused of ...

Anti-regime demonstrations took place across more than a dozen towns and cities in Daraa province in March, marking the 12th ...

South Syria continues to face serious threats to its stability as it sinks deeper into a devastating economic crisis. The ...

As regime-held Syria descends deeper into economic paralysis, driven by severe oil shortages, exports of crude supplies in the north-east ...

 Turkish-SDF tensions reigniteCross-border tensions have spiked dangerously across northeastern Syria in recent weeks, as Turkish forces launched a massive wave ...