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Wave of new Daraa settlements amid Arab normalization efforts

By Walid Al Nofal|2023-06-09T20:14:16+02:00June 9, 2023|

A wave of new settlements in Daraa is part of a series of recent actions in the southern province by Damascus—including pursuing drug smugglers and shifting the local balance of power—that coincide with increasing regional normalization efforts.

4th Division redeploys in Syria’s south in the wake of the US Captagon Act and Arab normalization

By Walid Al Nofal|2023-02-03T16:03:45+01:00February 3, 2023|

More than a year after withdrawing from southern Syria, the Syrian army’s 4th Division is returning. Analysts see it as a money-making move and a way to control the drug trade, coinciding with the US Captagon Act and regional Arab initiatives to resolve the crisis.