Newsletter

A brief history of Manbij, 2012-2024

A provincial city at the heart of significant international intrigue

Dec 15

Post-Asad Syria: the actors at play

Remaining questions and the general picture in the northeast

Dec 13

The situation around Manbij and some comments on the US-SDF relationship

The SNA begins to pressure the Manbij pocket

Dec 7

Update on the military situation

HTS offensive continues to advance, SNA/SDF lines static, new vacuum in the Badiyah

Dec 6

Note to followers on the current situation

An announcement, some questions, and an aborted article on the HTS-led offensive, the regime's military collapse, and future ramifications.

Dec 1

This week in northern Syria

#88, October 19 - November 15: Deir ez-Zour Military Council restructuring, elections in al-Raqqah, northern Aleppo clashes, and more

Nov 30

The Axis of Resistance vs. US conflict of eastern Syria

October 19 - November 15

Nov 25

Islamic State attacks and SDF operations

October 19 - November 15

Nov 23

Turkey's late October air campaign

Airstrikes targeting civilian and military sites in northern Syria, October 23 - 27

Nov 14

Axis of Resistance vs. US

Oct 25

This week in northern Syria

#87, October 5 - 18:

Oct 23

Islamic State attacks and SDF operations

Oct 22

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