Subject: Security and Defense

Hopes for calm in the north-east following an agreement between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and interim authorities to demilitarize ...

The collapse of the Assad regime in Syria has precipitated the end of the industrial-scale narcotics trafficking operation run by ...

The abrupt collapse of Ahmad al-Awdeh’s forces in south Syria marks a major realignment of regional security dynamics in the ...

The worst bout of violence of Syria’s post-Assad period ended with more than 1,000 civilians estimated dead. What began as ...

The raids in Koya this week portend increasingly brazen Israeli incursions into south Syria, which are now seriously hampering the ...

Ongoing outbreaks of violence, aggression and violations across different areas in Syria are a reminder of the country’s precarious situation ...

Attacks and operations this week by the so-called “Military Council for the Liberation of Syria” potentially mark the first signs ...

While on-the-ground security dynamics remain fractious and unpredictable, caretaker authorities in Damascus managed to yield tentative concessions from armed groups ...

Authorities led by caretaker President Ahmad al-Shara’a are watching with growing concern the sustained opposition to their objectives in the ...

While the industrial-scale drug trade of the Bashar al-Assad era is over, cross-border smuggling from Syria has not stopped altogether. ...