Archive for the 'Syrian Revolution 2014' Category

Reconciliations: The Case of al-Sanamayn in North Deraa

Further Response to Roy Gutman: Balancing the Picture

Quwat Dir’ Al-Qalamoun: Shifting Militia Links

Local Loyalist Militias of Suwayda’: Katibat Jalamid Urman (Dir’ al-Jabal)

Saraya al-Areen: An Alawite Militia in Latakia

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

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

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

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

The Local Defence Forces: Regime Auxiliary Forces in Aleppo

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

The Administration of the Local Council in Azaz

Syria Year-End Predictions and Analysis – by Joshua Landis (28 December 2014)

2014 Roundup and 2015 Predictions by Aron Lund

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

Jabhat Ansar al-Din: Analysis and Interview

Joshua Landis & Robert Ford discuss Syria at Wilson Center event

Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Syria – by Fabrice Balanche

Religious Groups and Scholars of Islam in the Syrian Revolution – by Issam Eido

Did the Killing of Abu Bassir Lead to the First Lattakia Offensive?

Middle-East’s Sectarian Balance Shifts as Syrian Uprising Enters Fourth Year — by Jawad Anwar Qureshi

The Northern Storm Brigade: It’s History, Current Status, and Why It Matters By Chris Looney

The Syrian Uprising at Three Years

Detailed Syria Maps; Activists Honor Revolution Dead in Washington

Starvation: a Twisted Example of the Assad Regime’s Terrorism