A December 29, 2024 report on the TRT Network (Turkey) highlighted the military operations of the new Syrian regime and its efforts to crack down on the remnants of Bashar Al-Assad’s former leadership. According to TRT Arabic correspondent Rama Akili, the Directorate of Military Operations in Syria is focused on …

On December 31, 2024, the Prime Minister’s office in the new Syrian administration, linked to jihadi group Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), announced that all government institutions would be on vacation on January 1-2, 2025, with the exception of ministries and public bodies whose work demands constant activity.[1] The office had …

Recent reports in the Arabic and Turkish media and social media claim that Turkey intends to establish new military bases in Syria as part of a defense agreement with the new Syrian government formed by Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) under the leadership of Ahmed Al-Sharaa (aka Abu Muhammad Al-Joulani). Turkey …

A review of Yonah Jeremy Bob and Ilan Evyatar, “Target Tehran: How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination—and Secret Diplomacy—to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East” (Simon & Schuster, 2023). “We must possess Syria. If the thread from Lebanon to here is cut, bad events will …

The drone attack left at least six dead among the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. Several US-backed Kurdish forces were killed in a drone attack on a base housing US troops in eastern Syria overnight on Monday, days after the United States launched a series of strikes in Iraq and Syria. …

Executive Summary The destabilisation of Syria resulting from the Assad regime’s fall, further complicated by the repatriation of radicalised militants to Central Asia in the last years, constitutes a substantial security risk to the region. Central Asian nationals’ involvement in various Syrian conflict factions and related reintegration efforts reveals the …

The shifting dynamics in Syria and the Middle East have forced a reconsideration of strategies among key players, including the Russian Federation. The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government and the ascension of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have created a new geopolitical landscape, challenging Russia’s long-term objectives in the region. To …

E_277_24Download The IDF continued thwarting Hezbollah’s attempts to violate the ceasefire, attacking itsterrorist operatives and destroying weapons and terrorist facilities in south Lebanon, andattacking sites used by Hezbollah to smuggle weapons along the Syria-Lebanon border. TheIDF reported 44 Hezbollah operatives killed since the beginning of the ceasefire.

On Feb. 26, jihadist social media sites reported that Abu al Khayr al Masri, one of al Qaeda’s top leaders, had been killed in a US drone strike in Idlib, Syria. Images of Masri’s car were first posted online by Pieter Van Ostaeyen, a PhD candidate who closely tracks the …

HTS is a radical terrorist organization that is directly responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of people in Syria in the past seven years. Although the organization liberated Syria from its brutal dictator Bashar al-Assad, we recommend that you never forget its origins and deeds along the way, …