Subject: Security and Defense

The deadly attack on US forces in Palmyra last week underscores several troubling trends within the post-Assad security apparatus that ...

Israel is stepping up is provocative activities in south-west Syria: November saw an increase in cross-border ground incursions and raids ...

The ceasefire between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Damascus has provided crucial cover for all parties to pursue negotiations ...

While the July ceasefire agreement and subsequent roadmap have maintained a marked decline in large-scale clashes, Suwayda’s truce is still ...

Over the course of a week between the 2nd and 7th October, a range of military flashpoints erupted across the ...

Amid the fallout of attacks in Suwayda and ongoing Israeli ground incursions, interim authorities’ governance patterns in the south-west have ...

For another week, there has been no change on the ground in Suwayda, with ceasefire violations limited to small-scale armed ...

There has been no change to the map of control in Suwayda since ETANA’s last reporting in late August. Suwayda’s ...

Download PDF On the same day that Syrians took to the streets to celebrate the downfall of Bashar al-Assad, Israeli ...

A tentative ceasefire that has mostly held in Suwayda since 20th July has yielded a new tactic from interim authorities: ...