Piercing Through Assad’s Reconstruction Mirage in Syria
Bashar al-Assad's refugee repatriation plan is a scam. by Matthew RJ Brodsky Bassam Barabandi After more than seven years of devastating war, Bashar al-Assad suddenly changed his tune: “We encourage every Syrian to come back to Syria,” the Syrian leader implored during a recent interview with Russian journalists. Less noticed was...
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...
Syria: “Russia Missed a Big Opportunity to Show the World That it’s a Serious Country
PDC’s Bassam Barabandi discusses the current situation in Syria with TV5. ...
DEIR AZZOUR Tribal Mapping Project
PDC's Bassam Barabandi and Nidal Betare and CNAS's Nicholas A. Heras teamed up to provide the most comprehensive, publicly available tribal mapping of Deir Azzour governorate, which is a governorate in eastern Syria that border Iraq, where Arab tribes make up the clear majority of...