Afrin

Turkey and allied militias send reinforcements to Tel Abyad. The SAA and SDF do likewise east of Ain Issa. Ankara must drive the enemy away from Idlib, but the price could be very high.

Syria, pro-Turkey militias now steal olives from the population in Aleppo

Objective: to grind them and sell the oil, keeping all profits. Afrin's peasants are desperate…

Syria, pro-Turkey militias now steal olives from the population in Aleppo

Objective: to grind them and sell the oil, keeping all profits. Afrin's peasants are desperate and are calling for the intervention of the international community.

Syria, pro-Turkey militias finance themselves with spurious arrests of civilians

The accusation in all cases is false links with the Kurdish administration and the release…

Syria, pro-Turkey militias finance themselves with spurious arrests of civilians

The accusation in all cases is false links with the Kurdish administration and the release of the prisoners takes place after the payment of a ransom.

Syria, militias in the North are preparing for Coalitions war by making money on the population

Peasants extorted by al-Sham Corps and Sultan Murad in Afrin and Aleppo. The AZM wants…

Syria, militias in the North are preparing for Coalitions war by making money on the population

Peasants extorted by al-Sham Corps and Sultan Murad in Afrin and Aleppo. The AZM wants to strengthen and cut resources to the SLF.

Syria, pro-Turkey militias defect en masse in Afrin to not work with HTS

Their leaders just signed an alliance with the Qaedist group. The episode confirms the escalation…

Syria, pro-Turkey militias defect en masse in Afrin to not work with HTS

Their leaders just signed an alliance with the Qaedist group. The episode confirms the escalation of the internal war between the factions.

Syria, pro-Turkish militias in the north begin to lose control

After the HTS purges in Idlib, internal clashes arrive in the al-Hamza Division. Everyone is…

Syria, pro-Turkish militias in the north begin to lose control

After the HTS purges in Idlib, internal clashes arrive in the al-Hamza Division. Everyone is fighting for Ankara’s aid, increasingly scarce.

Syria, new clashes between pro-Turkey militias in Aleppo

Battle between “Jaish al-Nokhba” and “Soqour al-Sham” northwest of Afrin. Smaller groups wage war with…

Syria, new clashes between pro-Turkey militias in Aleppo

Battle between “Jaish al-Nokhba” and “Soqour al-Sham” northwest of Afrin. Smaller groups wage war with each other over the few resources left by HTS.

Syria, pro-Turkey militias clash with each other again in Aleppo

Battle between Sultan Murad and other factions of Jaysh Al-Sharqiyyah for control of the Dersam…

Syria, pro-Turkey militias clash with each other again in Aleppo

Battle between Sultan Murad and other factions of Jaysh Al-Sharqiyyah for control of the Dersam hospital area and nearby resources.

Syria, pro-Turkey militias plunder antiquities in Kurdistan to auto-finance

Excavations resume at Nebu Huri, in the Afrin area, in search of archaeological finds to…

Syria, pro-Turkey militias plunder antiquities in Kurdistan to auto-finance

Excavations resume at Nebu Huri, in the Afrin area, in search of archaeological finds to be resold on the black market.

Syria: Turkey, despite new garrisons, doesn’t unlock the M4 crisis

TAF-Russia joint patrols in Idlib continue to stop in Nayrab. The SDF fear a mass…

Syria: Turkey, despite new garrisons, doesn’t unlock the M4 crisis

TAF-Russia joint patrols in Idlib continue to stop in Nayrab. The SDF fear a mass attack by Ankara in the East. Meanwhile, Isis tries to reorganize itself by exploiting the coronavirus emergency.