If the agreement collapses, violence may be imminent. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have spent months negotiating with the government in Damascus how to implement their March agreement for the SDF to merge with the national armed forces. Mistrust of government centralization and recent sectarian massacres have shaken the …

The commander of the Israeli Air Force, Lieutenant General Tomer Bar, has unveiled a strategic plan codenamed “Bashan Arrow”, which aimed to destroy what remained of the strategic military capabilities of the Syrian regime’s army just hours after its collapse and the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December …

The calm in southern Syria has broken, exposing a volatile front that none of the major players – Damascus, Tel Aviv, or Washington – seems prepared for what is to come. At 2:52 am on 28 November, a reserve unit from the Israeli army’s 55th Paratroopers Brigade, under the command …