PDC Pro-Iranian Militia Mapping Project
This map was created by PDC Inc. team to convey the presence of pro-Iranian militias in Deir Azzour province, Syria. The following is a list of active know militias on the ground that PDC can verify: Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) / Syrian Arab Republican Government Forces / General...
Upcoming Event – PDC’s Bassam Barabandi at Hudson Institute talk on Syria: Obstacles to Reconstruction and Stability.
With the support of key regional allies like Russia and Iran, Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria has reclaimed the majority of territory that had been held by opposition groups, and has now set its sights on reconstruction. But while power is being consolidated, and Assad...
Pakistani Election Results
The July 25th elections in Pakistan were hotly contested mainly between two parties: the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). The PML-N was led by Shahbaz Sharif, younger brother of former prime-minister Nawaz Sharif. The former prime minister was removed from his...
The Yazidis: Suffering in Silence
Yazidism is a religion that dates back to pre-Islamic times and is the pre-Islamic, native religion of the Kurds. It includes elements of ancient Persian religions, Judaism, Islam, Zoroastrianism, and early Christianity. The origin of Yazidism can be traced back to northern Iraq, where many...
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Displaced People of Rukban
By Yakin Ouederni In the arid, remote deserts that stretch across southern Syria, a 55 km plot of land hosts a population of internally displaced peoples (IDPs) who are some of the most impoverished in the country, yet also some of the most neglected. Plagued by hunger,...