Archive for 2016

The Fifth Legion: A New Auxiliary Force

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, December 24th, 2016

The Situation in al-Fu’a and Kafariya

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, December 18th, 2016

Roy Gutman Responds to Ehsani2’s critique of his articles arguing that Assad built ISIS and Staged al-Qaida Bombings

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, December 18th, 2016

Usud Al-Cherubim: A Pro-Assad Christian Militia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Wednesday, December 14th, 2016

DAM WARS: How Water Scarcity Helped Create ISIS – by Quentin de Pimodan

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, December 11th, 2016

Saraya al-Areen: An Alawite Militia in Latakia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, December 10th, 2016

Kurdish Blockade of Sinjar Harms Yazidis: New HRW Report

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, December 6th, 2016

Is Assad the Author of ISIS? Did Iran Blow Up Assef Shawkat? And Other Tall Tales – By Ehsani2

Posted by Joshua on Monday, December 5th, 2016

Saraya Al-Tawheed: A Pro-Assad Druze Militia in Lebanon and Syria

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Monday, December 5th, 2016

Kata’ib Humat al-Diyar: A Prominent Loyalist Militia in Suwayda’

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, November 26th, 2016

China’s Interests in Syria and the Middle East – by Dr. Christina Lin

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, November 13th, 2016

Prison Radicalisation: Dealing with Muslim Inmates with Terror Convictions, By Tam Hussein

Posted by Tam Hussein on Sunday, November 6th, 2016

Labawat al-Jabal: A Druze Female Militia in Suwayda’ Province

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, October 14th, 2016

How Will the Syrian Crisis End? – By Ehsani2

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 10th, 2016

Aleppo and America’s Syria Policy – by Robert G. Rabil

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 3rd, 2016

“Remember Syria’s Adib Shishakli,” by Christopher Solomon

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, September 27th, 2016

Liwa al-Imam Zain al-Abidain: Building a ‘Resistance’ in Eastern Syria

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, September 18th, 2016

Liwa Sayf al-Haq Assad Allah al-Ghalib: A Republican Guard Militia in Sayyida Zainab

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, September 16th, 2016

Lens on Syria, by Daniel Demeter

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, September 14th, 2016

The Virtues of Sham: The Place of Syria in the Muslim Sacral Imagination

Posted by Tam Hussein on Thursday, September 8th, 2016

The Druze in the Syrian Conflict – By Talal El Atrache

Posted by Joshua on Monday, September 5th, 2016

“Why the UN’s Excuses For its Aid Fiasco in Syria Fail to Convince,” By Reinoud Leenders

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, September 3rd, 2016

Quwat Dir’ Al-Amn Al-Askari: A Latakia Military Intelligence Militia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, September 3rd, 2016

Fawj Maghawir al-Badiya: A Military Intelligence Branch Militia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Tuesday, August 30th, 2016

“Turkey’s Syria Intervention,” by Joshua Landis

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, August 28th, 2016

Syrian Hezbollah Militias of Nubl and Zahara’

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Monday, August 15th, 2016

Liwa Sayf al-Mahdi: A Syrian Army Shi’i Militia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, August 6th, 2016

“Who is to blame for Syria’s nightmare?” By Ehsani2

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, July 31st, 2016

“What the Rebel Loss of Aleppo Will Mean for Syria,” by Landis, Heras, Lund & Abdulhamid

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 29th, 2016

“Educating Syrian Refugees in Turkey,” by Salih Yasun

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 25th, 2016

Liwa al-Imam al-Mahdi: A Syrian Hezbollah Formation

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, July 23rd, 2016

The Boy Beheaded by Zinki Fighters, Abdullah Tayseer, Who Was He? – By Ehsani2

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 22nd, 2016

Kata’ib al-Jabalawi: A Pro-Assad Militia from Homs

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Tuesday, July 19th, 2016

Marie Colvin’s Death Was Tragic, But It Was Random

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, July 13th, 2016

In the Line of Fire — the War Against the UN in Syria

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 4th, 2016

Quwat al-Ghadab: A Pro-Assad Christian Militia in Suqaylabiyah

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, July 3rd, 2016

“Why the Islamic State Is Losing, and Why It Still Hopes to Win”

Posted by Aron Lund on Friday, June 17th, 2016

“The Asad Petition of 1936: Bashar’s Grandfather Was Pro-Unionist,” By Stefan Winter

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, June 14th, 2016

Dealing with Syria’s Foreign Fighters: A Liberal Conundrum

Posted by Tam Hussein on Tuesday, June 14th, 2016

The ‘Martyrs’ of Liwa al-Sayyida Ruqayya (The Ja’afari Force)

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, May 29th, 2016

General Gouraud: “Saladin, We’re Back!” Did He Really Say It?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 27th, 2016

“India and the Syrian Conflict,” by Niraj Srivastava

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, May 26th, 2016

The Local Defence Forces: Regime Auxiliary Forces in Aleppo

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Monday, May 23rd, 2016

A Day in The Life of The Jungle: Syrians Camped out in Calais

Posted by Tam Hussein on Friday, May 20th, 2016

The Leopards of Homs: A Pro-Assad Militia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, May 15th, 2016

Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) and the War in Syria

Posted by Jesse Mcdonald on Wednesday, May 11th, 2016

Liwa al-Jalil: A New Pro-Assad Palestinian Militia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, May 6th, 2016

Remembering Dr. Hassan al-Araj

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, May 4th, 2016

“The Lens of History and Assad,” by David W. Lesch & Carey Latimore

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, April 28th, 2016

“President al-Assad’s First Speech – An Insider’s Account,” by Ehsani

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, April 19th, 2016

“Assad’s Fateful Choice” by David W. Lesch

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, April 9th, 2016

Call for Submissions: Syrian Studies Association Prizes for Outstanding Dissertation and Article on Syria

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 11th, 2016

Harakat al-Hawiya al-Arabiya al-Druziya: Defending Druze Identity in Suwayda’

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, March 6th, 2016

The Dir’ al-Watan Brand: Liwa Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, February 26th, 2016

Liwa Dir’ al-Watan: A New Pro-Assad Militia in Damascus

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Wednesday, February 24th, 2016

Liwa Usud al-Hussein: A New Pro-Assad Militia in Latakia

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, February 19th, 2016

The Life of al-Khal: First Leader of Liwa Shuhada’ al-Yarmouk

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, February 14th, 2016

Report on Mass Graves of Yazidis in Sinjar

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, January 30th, 2016

The Ten Most Important Developments in Syria in 2015

Posted by Aron Lund on Sunday, January 3rd, 2016

The Syrian National Resistance: Liwa Khaybar

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, January 3rd, 2016