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Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service making the victory gesture as members hold the black ISIS flag upside down outside the destroyed Al-Nuri Mosque in the Old City of Mosul after the area was retaken in June last year. Fadel Senna / AFP

We have not yet seen the full impact of ISIS sleeper cells coming back to life

As its pamphlet shows, the extremist group is reforming underground with new tactics to inflict fresh damage in Iraq and Syria, writes Hassan Hassan

April 18, 2018
US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley votes in favour of an investigation into the use of weapons in Syria on Tuesday. Hector Retamal / AFP

The chemical weapons attack is a critical moment to push for a political settlement in Syria

Assad's survival as president is now a reason for his opponents to indefinitely fight the regime

April 11, 2018
The children of Jaish Al Islam fighters look out of the window of a bus after their evacuation from the rebel stronghold of Douma in Eastern Ghouta / AFP

What became of the four rebel groups that once dominated the Syrian conflict?

In the conflict, alliances quickly unravel as the realities on the ground change, writes Hassan Hassan

April 4, 2018
Iraqis pass destroyed buildings in the old city of Mosul, eight months after Iraqi government forces retook the city from the control of ISIL / AFP

ISIL sleeper cells in Iraq are a warning sign the extremist group is already reforming

To secure the future of the country, different Muslim communities must not give in to divisive narratives

March 28, 2018
A Turkish military check point in Afrin. Khalil Ashawi / Reuters

Turkey threw a stone into Syria. Its impact will be felt for quite some time

The battle for Afrin marks a turning point for the years-long conflict, writes Hassan Hassan

March 21, 2018
Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army soldiers shoot with heavy machine gun during an offensive, at Der Mismis Village, southeast of Afrin earlier this week. EPA

Miscalculations in Afrin have dramatically changed the facts on the ground

Turkey has achieved a significant breakthrough that could reverse Kurdish dominance in northern Syria, writes Hassan Hassan

March 14, 2018
Syria is turning into a battleground where foreign powers are exercising their military and political muscles. Syrian Democratic Forces via AP

The Syrian conflict is, even now, delivering game-changing surprises

In the past few weeks, the map of the Syrian conflict has been dramatically redrawn, writes Hassan Hassan

March 7, 2018
Mourners carry the flag-draped coffins of two fighters of the Popular Mobilisation Forces, who were killed on Sunday in an attack southwest of the northern city of Kirkuk. Officials said Islamic State militants ambushed the group of paramilitaries, killing at least 27 fighters / AP

The deadly ISIL ambush in Kirkuk signifies the re-emergence of the terrorist group

The declaration that ISIL had been driven out could have been premature. The group is showing signs of reforming and exploiting weak links in security

February 28, 2018
Pro-Syrian government fighters arriving in Syria's northern region of Afrin to take up positions and "participate in defending the territorial unity of Syria and its borders", countering Turkey's offensive on the area / AFP

Why Damascus and Kurdish militias have made a pact allowing regime-aligned forces to enter Afrin

For Turkey, merely a month into its offensive, it is too early to accept a deal that only strengthens the hand of the YPG in the city

February 21, 2018
The Syrian army remains weak and unlikely to make significant territorial gains. Alexander Kots / AP

Miscalculation and vulnerability simmer beneath the surface of the Syrian conflict

Hassan Hassan assesses the shifting sands of a years-long quagmire

February 14, 2018