Executive Summary July 2026 was characterized by calculated kinetic escalation and a multi-arena brinkmanship: exchanges of blows between the U.S. and Iran continued, albeit so
By: Tal Beeri and Yaakov Lappin Executive Summary A video published by Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) on July 29, 2025 documents an attack that
The sharp increase in the movement of oil tanker trucks through the al-Tanf crossing in southeastern Syria provides Iraq with an alternative export route, but
The true intentions of the al-Sharaa regime remain, at present, an enigma. It is difficult, if not impossible, to predict how the regime under his
On July 21, 2026, the Syrian General Authority for Border Crossings and Customs (الهيئة العامة للمنافذ والجمارك السورية) announced that customs officers at the Jdeidet
Following the reorganization of the Syrian army, in which all five newly established regional corps were placed under commanders with jihadist backgrounds, the new regime
On July 12, the Syrian People’s Assembly (parliament) convened in Damascus for its first session since the fall of the Assad regime, with President Ahmed
On July 16, the Syrian authorities announced that they had foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons intended for Hezbollah through the al-Tanf border crossing on
