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Lowell Sun
April 20, 2018
... in eastern Syria, but ground operations by U.S. partner forces have slowed. "We've halted forward progress and are essentially attempting to avoid losing territory we've gained to date," said Jennifer Cafarella, an analyst at the Institute for the Study of War. She sees two potential solutions: send additionalÃâà...
HuffPost
April 13, 2018
With Trump broadcasting his intentions for days, Assad has already relocated the air force that carried out the attack last weekend, according to military experts at the Institute for the Study of War. His forces have also reportedly evacuated personnel from some Syrian government buildings where militaryÃâà...
HuffPost
April 13, 2018
With Trump broadcasting his intentions for days, Assad has already relocated the air force that carried out the attack last weekend, according to military experts at the Institute for the Study of War. His forces have also reportedly evacuated personnel from some Syrian government buildings where militaryÃâà...
Vox
April 9, 2018
Jennifer Cafarella, an expert at the Institute for the Study of War, described the strategy as “siege, starve, and surrender” in a February interview with Vox. Assad has deployed chemical weapons, which are an especially spectacular and cruel way of killing people, as part of this campaign of terror.
Vox
April 9, 2018
Jennifer Cafarella, an expert at the Institute for the Study of War, described the strategy as “siege, starve, and surrender” in a February interview with Vox. Assad has deployed chemical weapons, which are an especially spectacular and cruel way of killing people, as part of this campaign of terror.
The Boston Globe
April 3, 2018
Leaders of several academic research centers at the University of Massachusetts Boston are furious with the school after it announced that they would see their budgets slashed as part of an attempt to lessen the school's deficit. On the chopping block is one center that helps veterans and another thatÃâà...
The Boston Globe
April 3, 2018
Leaders of several academic research centers at the University of Massachusetts Boston are furious with the school after it announced that they would see their budgets slashed as part of an attempt to lessen the school's deficit. On the chopping block is one center that helps veterans and another thatÃâà...
Brookings Institution (blog)
April 3, 2018
... pockets of conflict, including Eastern Ghouta near Syria's capital Damascus; Afrin in the north where Turkey is fighting Kurds; around Idlib where opposition groups continue to operate; and near the Israeli border in the southwest of the country [for more, see Institute for the Study of War situation map].
Newsweek
March 31, 2018
Institute for the Study of War. Russia, which backed the Syrian government, has taken a stance similar to that of the U.S. on the Turkish issue, choosing to prioritize its relationship with Turkey over the Kurds. Moscow's Syrian ally, Assad, however, has called for the immediate withdrawal of both Turkish andÃâà...
Newsweek
March 30, 2018
RTX5BO6V A map shows areas of control in Syria as of January 8 and March 22 The U.S.-led coalition's ground campaign has come to a halt as its Kurdish allies rush to defend northern cities from a Turkish incursion. Institute for the Study of War/Reuters. Special Forces Commander Raymond Thomas saidÃâà...
Military Times
March 30, 2018
Local Syrians point out areas of concern to coalition troops and Syrian Democratic Forces during a joint presence patrol to villages and SDF control points near the city of Manbij, Syria, March 24. Regular patrols keep the area safe for local residents, de-escalate tensions among parties, and prevent ISISÃâà...
bellingcat
March 27, 2018
For more information, the “The Syrian Army: Doctrinal Order of Battle” report by the Institute for the Study of War is an excellent report. At the start of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, the SAA had approximately the following number of armoured tracked vehicles (all numbers mentioned are approximate numbers):.
bellingcat
March 27, 2018
For more information, the “The Syrian Army: Doctrinal Order of Battle” report by the Institute for the Study of War is an excellent report. At the start of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, the SAA had approximately the following number of armoured tracked vehicles (all numbers mentioned are approximate numbers):.
IHS Jane's 360
March 21, 2018
A paper released by the Institute for the Study of War in early March urges NATO leaders to pay greater attention to the current disposition of Russian forces. Although this shows that a conventional mechanised operation against the Baltics is unlikely, the report noted that Russian forces are well positionedÃâà...
Newsweek
March 21, 2018
Institute for the Study of War. If Turkey and its rebel allies swept through the Kurdish heartland of northern Syria, they would come across U.S. military bases established to defend Kurds against ISIS, and the Pentagon has offered no indication that its forces would step aside. The rise of jihadi Sunni MuslimÃâà...
Task & Purpose
March 20, 2018
Although ISIS was largely routed in 2017, the seeds of another insurgency have already been sown, said Jennifer Cafarella, a senior intelligence planner with the Institute for the Study of War, a D.C. think tank that has advised U.S. military commanders on operations in Iraq and Syria. “Unfortunately, theÃâà...
The Intercept
March 18, 2018
The Institute for the Study of War's ideological profile is clear: Its board members have included various neoconservatives, such as Bill Kristol, and it has gotten money from neoconservative and otherwise hawkish donors (including, in fact, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies), as well as fromÃâà...
New York Times
March 12, 2018
In its report, the Institute for the Study of War found that the Islamic State was planning attacks in the United States from safe havens in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It said that residents in Jowzjan Province reported in November that Islamic State extremists from France, Sudan, Chechnya, Uzbekistan andÃâà...
Kyiv Post
March 10, 2018
Russia has successfully positioned its troops to launch a rapid invasion of Ukraine from the north and east, according to a March 8 report by the Institute for the Study of War, a U.S.-based defense think tank. The research paper titled “Russia's Military Posture: Ground Forces Order of Battle” gives aÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
March 9, 2018
Elizabeth Teoman, Turkey analyst at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), described the seizure as a "key milestone in Turkey's line of advance towards Afrin city". "Operation Olive Branch appears to be progressing as the Turks hoped," she commented. Lund described Jandairis as an "important stepÃâà...
The Hill
March 8, 2018
Vladimir Putin is distracting Western leaders from the real threat Russia poses through ostentatious displays of nuclear and conventional military power. He makes bombastic announcements of nuclear weapons technology and exercises of mechanized forces to intimidate us with capabilities he does notÃâà...
Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news
March 8, 2018
This is stated in a report published by analysts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Ukrinform reports. "The Russian military is well-positioned to launch a conventional war in Ukraine and a hybrid war in the Baltic states, the opposite of what Western leaders seem to be expecting in each theater,"Ãâà...
Newsweek
March 2, 2018
AfrinCampaign20180226 A map shows areas of control in Afrin district, Aleppo province, northwestern Syria as of February 26. Institute for the Study of War. Syria Control of Terrain - 22 FEB 2018-page-001 A map shows areas of control in Syria as of February 22. Institute for the Study of War. "In a way, ISISÃâà...
New York Times
February 28, 2018
“The campaign to defeat the Islamic State is at risk,” said Jennifer Cafarella, a senior intelligence planner with the Institute for the Study of War in Washington. “The S.D.F. is unlikely to clear remaining ISIS-held areas of the Euphrates River and could even begin to take losses due to the shift in Syrian Kurds'Ãâà...
Vox
February 28, 2018
Jennifer Cafarella, a Syria expert at the Institute for the Study of War, says that Assad is trying to “recapture every square inch of Syrian territory.” He's done so by leading a brutal campaign across the country — one that Eastern Ghouta now faces. “The regime has been leading a 'siege, starve, andÃâà...
CNN
February 9, 2018
Elizabeth Teoman at the Institute for the Study of War in Washington says Turkish forces and their allies among Syrian rebel groups "have made slow but steady progress on multiple fronts along the Syrian-Turkish border amid fierce Kurdish resistance and adverse weather," and now control a strip some 15Ãâà...
NPR
December 31, 1999
KEITH: Another factor was likely that a more constrained response was what was required to have allies on board, says Jennifer Cafarella, a Syria expert at the Institute for the Study of War. But she says the shifting messages - not knowing whether the president is making a statement or delivering an orderÃâà...
NPR
December 31, 1999
KEITH: Another factor was likely that a more constrained response was what was required to have allies on board, says Jennifer Cafarella, a Syria expert at the Institute for the Study of War. But she says the shifting messages - not knowing whether the president is making a statement or delivering an orderÃâà...
CBC.ca
December 31, 1999
"Siege and starve" is as grim as it sounds, said Chris Kozak, a senior analyst with the Institute for the Study of War, where he focuses on Syrian strategy. Bombing raids destroy hospitals, mosques and markets, making existence in opposition-held regions untenable. The tactic involves fighters cordoning offÃâà...
Newsweek
December 31, 1999
... more than half the country, but after seven years of war, the government has retained control of most of Syria's territory. Even so, pockets of rebel influence and large areas under the administration of a mostly Kurdish, U.S.-backed force still challenge Assad's rule. Institute for the Study of War/ReutersÃâà...
Voice of America
December 31, 1999
Christopher Kozak, a senior analyst at the Institute for the Study of War, also worries about an incident spinning out of control. “That's why I am greatly concerned in the next several months we are going to get, if not a total regional conflagration, then at least a more direct Israel-Iran confrontation on a newÃâà...
Newsweek
December 31, 1999
Jennifer Cafarella, a senior intelligence planner at the Institute for the Study of War, told Newsweek that "the U.S. needs to be prepared to defend its positions in Syria and Iraq with force." She noted that "Russia, Iran and Assad seek to expel the U.S. from Syria and have attacked U.S. and partnered forcesÃâà...
Newsweek
December 31, 1999
A map shows areas of control in Syria as of February 22, 2018. The Turkish military and rebel allies have since made gains in Afrin, while the Syrian military, backed by Russia and Iran, has moved in on rebels in Idlib and the eastern Ghouta suburb of Damascus. Institute for the Study of War.
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