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The recent death of a Syrian rebel commander at the hands of an al-Qaeda linked group focused the international spotlight on tensions between moderate and jihadi forces fighting in Syria.
This product is a technical study of the requirements to conduct a limited strike. It is not a recommendation for or against a strike, nor does it evaluate the possible effects of a strike on the regime, the rebels, or various states and non-state actors supporting both sides.
Time reports on the massive al-Qaeda-orchestrated jailbreak in central Baghdad.
Foreign Policy talks with ISW analysts Christopher Harmer and Stephen Wicken about comments from the Iraqi Ambassador to the United States.
As the Syrian conflict becomes increasingly sectarian, the ongoing isolation of the Alawite population runs the risk of turning ethnic violence into genocide.
In late June 2013, the Syrian government renewed its campaign in the central Syrian province of Homs, indicating that it failed to achieve its operational and strategic objectives after defeating the rebels in al-Qusayr.
In the early part of 2012, ISW, AEI, and the Brookings Institution undertook a war game designed to simulate a worsening of the Syrian conflict and the spillover effects of that crisis on neighboring countries. What was postulated as a hypothetical situation in fact hewed quite closely to the way in which events eventually unfolded.
A map showing areas of operation and safe havens for Al Qaeda and its associated movements.
ISW welcomed Stuart Bowen for a breakfast discussion about his work in Iraq and lessons learned during his more than nine years as Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) .
The conflict in Syria has exacerbated traditional communal tensions in Lebanon, with violent clashes becoming increasingly widespread in parts of the country.