The April 30, 2022 amnesty decree by Bashar al-Assad was presented as a major, unprecedented step toward a post-conflict phase, but real-world data show that little has changed: the situation in Syria remains dire, with ongoing arrests and detentions that violate legal and humanitarian norms.
The overall structure of the Syrian army and armed forces has fallen under the influence of the ruling political regime’s allies since 2011, to varying degrees and at all levels.
Executive Summary Introduction When Syria’s popular protests sparked in 2011, the Syrian regime quickly used the…
Over the past two years, the various battlefields of Syria, Libya and Armenia were a key…
Almost four years ago, on January 1, 2018, the head of the Syrian regime, Bashar al-Assad,…
Although 40 years have passed since the recruitment of women into the Syrian Arab Army, the process has not progressed significantly, and remains in the realm of the ruling regime’s need, as a national justification rather than a national need.
The Syrian armed forces deployment strategy matches an emerging strategic threat and makes a return to the barracks unlikely.
The Syrian military’s efforts to contain the Covid-19 pandemic have not greatly affected its operations.
In recent years Syria’s military has been characterized by an unprecedented degree of sectarianism.
