Six years ago, popular protests of an unprecedented nature erupted across Syria. This took place after approximately half a century of emergency rule in which all forms of participation in public life outside the control of the state was halted, including political parties and organisations as well as NGOs. Syria was a closed state in […]
Detainees in Regime Prisons Swapped for Afghani Prisoners
On Saturday, a prisoner swap took place between Afghani groups fighting alongside the Syrian regime and batallions of the armed opposition in Daraa, in which four women and one man imprisoned by regime forces were swapped for the release of Afghani fighters. The five detainees released by the Syrian regime are from Bosra al-Hareer in […]
Foreign Militias in Syria: International Disregard and Sectarian Mobilisation
Over the past two days, armed opposition brigades in Busra al-Hareer (Daraa) have captured Asian fighters from among the ranks of pro-Syrian regime forces, thought to have come from former USSR countries. Since 2012 and until now, armed opposition brigades have captured and killed Iranian, Afghan, Russian, Pakistani and African mercenaries, in addition to fighters […]