Homs Governorate

December 19, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi |

US launches widespread airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria after deadly Palmyra attack

On December 19, US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that “U.S. forces have commenced a large-scale strike against  [Islamic State] ISIS infrastructure and weapons sites in Syria.”...

December 13, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi |

3 Americans killed, 3 injured in Islamic State ambush attack in Palmyra, Syria

US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that “two U.S. service members and one U.S. civilian were killed, and three service members were injured, as a result of an ambush by a lone ISIS [Islamic...

November 25, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Unsolved Murder of Bedouin Couple Fans Sectarian Flames in Syria

Syria seems to be inching back towards fracturing. On November 23, unknown individuals killed a husband and wife from a Sunni Arab Bedouin tribe in Homs Province. Authorities found slogans written at the...

April 3, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Turkey reportedly plans to take control of airbases in Syria

Media reports indicate that Turkish forces are planning on deploying to the Tiyas Airbase, also known as the T4, and the Palmyra military airport in Syria’s Homs province—two sites recently...

March 25, 2025 | |

IDF Clashes With Gunmen in Southern Syria

Israeli Troops Attacked: IDF troops operating in southern Syria were attacked near the Israeli border on March 25. The IDF said that the soldiers were fired upon by at least seven...

March 20, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Profiles of commanders in the new Syrian army’s regional divisions

On January 29, Syria’s new leadership announced the dissolution of the Assad regime’s Syrian Arab Army and launched a unification process to integrate various armed militias into a single national...

March 18, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Syrian authorities continue crackdown on Hezbollah and its affiliates

Tensions have once again flared along Syria’s western border with Lebanon, following intense clashes in February when the newly formed Syrian army deployed reinforcements to Al Qusayr in western...

March 11, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

After SDF-Damascus deal, a spotlight on US forces in Syria

On March 10, Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), signed an agreement with Syria’s interim President Ahmad al Sharaa. The deal outlines a plan to integrate the SDF and other...

February 19, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Profiles of foreign commanders in the new Syrian army

The new Syrian administration has announced the disbandment of the Bashar al Assad regime’s Syrian Arab Army and confirmed the integration of multiple rebel groups into a unified military under...

February 11, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Syria’s crackdown on smuggling sparks tensions with Hezbollah and Lebanon

The border between Lebanon and Syria has witnessed intense clashes in recent days as the newly formed Syrian army deployed reinforcements to Al Qusayr in the western Homs Governorate.

January 29, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Continued chaos in Syria: Iraqi militias and an Alawite insurgency

On January 25, a new Iraqi militia, Kataib Awliya’ al Haq (Guardians of Truth Brigades), announced its formation. So far, the group has issued a single statement displaying its full name, logo, and...

December 17, 2024 | David Daoud |

Israel’s Bashan Arrow operation in Syria continues

As the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad was collapsing on December 8, Israel set in motion a contingency plan that anticipated the situation. In recent weeks, the military intelligence...

December 11, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Southern Syria groups overthrew Assad and control areas near the Golan

An exclusive look at the Southern Syria former rebels who were key to defeating Assad and who met with Syrian leader Julani on December 11.

April 3, 2023 | |

Israel Shoots Down Iranian Drone Launched from Syria

Israel Shoots Down Iranian Drone Launched from Syria Latest Developments Israel on Sunday shot down an Iranian drone that flew into its airspace from Syria, just hours after Israel’s air force...

November 30, 2020 | David Adesnik, Patrick McAnally

American Advocates Open Pharmacy for Displaced Syrians Deprived of Aid by Assad Regime

The Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF), an American non-profit organization, announced the opening last week of a no-cost pharmacy in the al-Rukban camp for displaced Syrians. The camp hosts 10,000 to 12,000...

July 11, 2018 | Jonathan Schanzer, Tony Badran, Matthew RJ Brodsky

Controlled Chaos

The Escalation of Conflict between Israel and Iran in War-Torn Syria

February 20, 2018 | Tony Badran

Rex Tillerson Babbles in Beirut While Middle East War Looms

Sec. of State Rex Tillerson visited Lebanon last Thursday, and let’s just say it wasn’t exactly a shining moment for U.S. diplomacy. Tillerson was made to sit...

February 11, 2018 | Jonathan Schanzer, Tony Badran

The Iran-Israel War Flares Up

The conflict between Israel and Iran may be heating up after a half-decade simmer. On Friday night Iran dispatched a drone from Syria that penetrated Israeli airspace in the Golan Heights. Israel...

August 29, 2016 | Thomas Joscelyn, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Zawahiri’s Revenge

The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham — which has now rebranded itself "the Islamic State" (IS) — is trying to position itself as the new leader of the global...

September 24, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross |

Thank You for Bombing

Washington says its air war on the Islamic State (IS) militant group in Sy...