Dear subscribers,
I hope you’re doing well and for those celebrating, enjoying the holidays. This week’s newsletter catches you up on three weeks of conflict and security incidents in Syria, and it’s been a busy and significant time. A data update will follow later this week, bringing all the datasets up to date and analyzing the most significant developments on the security front — chiefly ISIS’s continued surge in attacks inside government areas; as well as Israel’s persistently high-level of incursions and arrests inside Syrian territory; and shifting, destabilizing dynamics inside Suwayda, including Jordanian military intervention against drug trafficking.
Next week, all regular Syria Weekly products will return to normal.
Best, Charles