Archive for the 'Latakia' Category

Liwa al-Mukhtar al-Thiqfi: Syrian IRGC Militia

The Fifth Legion: A New Auxiliary Force

Saraya al-Areen: An Alawite Militia in Latakia

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

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

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

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

The Syrian National Resistance: Liwa Khaybar

The Factions of North Latakia

Overview of some pro-Assad Militias

The Coastal Shield Brigade: A New Pro-Assad Militia

The Killing of Muhammad al-Assad, a.k.a. “Shaykh al-Jabal”

Jamaat Jund al-Qawqaz: A Caucasus Emirate Group in Latakia

A Visit to the Tomb of Hafez al-Asad

“Who Was Hilal al-Assad?” By Mohammad D.

Sham al-Islam: Its Project and Promise in Healing the Wounded Lands of the Levant

Aymenn al-Tamimi Speaks to Ali Kayali and Profiles “The Syrian Resistance,” a Pro-Assad Militia Force

Gangs of Latakia: The Militiafication of the Assad Regime

“Is an Alawite State in Syria’s Future?,”Cecily Hilleary interviews Joshua Landis

Valerie, an American Business Owner in Latakia, Tells Her Story of Gun Boats, Rimal al-Janubi, the Evacuation, and Miliatry Operations