Archive for the 'Aleppo' Category

The Think-Tanks Bark and the IRGC Moves On

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, July 13th, 2018

Iran in Syria: “Cognitive Empathy” and Interests

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, May 13th, 2018

“When the SDF was shocked”- Azaz Opposition Activist’s Analysis of Russian-Turkish Relations, Afrin, & Why US Will Dump Kurds for Turkey

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Tuesday, January 30th, 2018

Beit Jann: Myths and Reality

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018

Assad cracks down on loyalist militias in Aleppo

Posted by Aron Lund on Thursday, June 22nd, 2017

America’s Failure – and Russia and Iran’s Success – in Syria’s Cataclysmic Civil War – By Joshua Landis

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, January 12th, 2017

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

Saraya al-Areen: An Alawite Militia in Latakia

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

How Will the Syrian Crisis End? – By Ehsani2

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 10th, 2016

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

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

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

Posted by Joshua on Friday, July 29th, 2016

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

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

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

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

Remembering Dr. Hassan al-Araj

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, May 4th, 2016

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

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

Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa: History, Analysis & Interview

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Monday, September 14th, 2015

Overview of some pro-Assad Militias

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Tuesday, September 1st, 2015

Quwat al-Ridha: Syrian Hezbollah

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, July 31st, 2015

Review of “ISIS: The State of Terror”

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, March 27th, 2015

The Administration of the Local Council in Azaz

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, March 21st, 2015

Book Review: ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015

Jamaat Ansar al-Islam in Syria Joins The Islamic State?

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Thursday, January 8th, 2015

Will the Revolutionary Command Council be Syria’s New Rebel Government?

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, December 13th, 2014

The Islamic State (IS) and Pledges of Allegiance: The Case of Jamaat Ansar al-Islam

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, November 28th, 2014

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

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Sunday, November 23rd, 2014

The Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra: A Looming Grand Jihadi Alliance?

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, November 14th, 2014

Jabhat Ansar al-Din: Analysis and Interview

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Thursday, October 23rd, 2014

The National Ideological Resistance in Syria: A ‘Syrian Hezbollah’ Brand

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, October 11th, 2014

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

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, June 1st, 2014

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

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 18th, 2014

Detailed Syria Maps; Activists Honor Revolution Dead in Washington

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, March 15th, 2014

The Battle between ISIS and Syria’s Rebel Militias

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, January 4th, 2014

The death of Abdelqader Saleh

Posted by Aron Lund on Sunday, November 17th, 2013

Syrian Army Retakes important towns in Aleppo, Homs and Damascus. Both Salah and Salameh, leaders of largest Aleppo militia, wounded.

Posted by Joshua on Friday, November 15th, 2013

Islamist Groups Declare Opposition to National Coalition and US Strategy [updated]

Posted by Aron Lund on Tuesday, September 24th, 2013

Are the Islamic Courts of Aleppo run by al-Nusra? Aron Lund Answers

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, September 18th, 2013

Why were the Turks kidnapped in Lebanon and who are the Liwaa Asifat al-Shamal who are holding the Shiites in Syria.

Posted by Syria Video on Sunday, August 11th, 2013

Syria Consolidates into Three Cantons as the Opposition Pushes Back, Taking Mengh Airbase and other Strategic Points

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, August 6th, 2013

Gangs of Latakia: The Militiafication of the Assad Regime

Posted by Aron Lund on Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013

The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham Expands Into Rural Northern Syria

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, July 18th, 2013

Round-up: News from the North, Changes to Opposition, Egypt, and a lot of Miscellany

Posted by Matthew Barber on Monday, July 8th, 2013

Moaz al-Khatib, Moderate Syrian Leader, Resigns, as Islamic Front and Nusra Move on Damascus. Will the US build a Counter-force?

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, March 24th, 2013

al-Nusra, al-Raqqa, Calls for Jihad, River of Death

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Raqqa Falls – (4 March 2013) Assad’s Interview with Hala Jaber

Posted by Joshua on Monday, March 4th, 2013

10 Anti-tank Missiles Supplied to Military Council for Aleppo Fight

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, February 16th, 2013

Readers Letters; News Round Up (January 22, 2013

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013

“Syria’s chaos isn’t America’s fault,” by Miller; “Abu Ali’s wake-up call,” by Abdul-Ahad

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013

News Round Up (28 December 2012)

Posted by Joshua on Friday, December 28th, 2012

Swedes, jihadis & anti-air missiles in northern Syria

Posted by Aron Lund on Tuesday, December 18th, 2012

The Kurds and the PKK in Ashrafiye, Aleppo

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 26th, 2012

Rebel Troops Take Two Christian and One Kurdish Neighborhood Thursday Morning (Oct 25, 2012)

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, October 25th, 2012

Car Bombs Rip Apart Saadallah al-Jabiri Square in Aleppo

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012

Intra-Alawite fighting in Qardaha not Confirmed; Turkey Denies Syria Captured Pilots Alive; `Ar`our Returns to Syria

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 1st, 2012

Aleppo Burns – Dar Zamaria, Sisi House and much of Souq reported Burned

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, September 30th, 2012

“The Declining Number of Christians in Aleppo, Syria,” by Ehsani

Posted by Ehsani on Saturday, February 18th, 2012

“Where is the Truth in Conflicting Reports? Not in the Middle but at the Extremes,” by a Foreigner in Syria

Posted by Joshua on Monday, June 20th, 2011

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