Gregory Waters

@GregoryPWaters

Researching Syrian regime and via Facebook. Writer and Managing Editor at Bylines in

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Joined February 2016
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    Jul 18

    My big report is finally out: examining the collapse of the &, more interestingly, the attempts at rebuilding. The last half of the report has detailed unit structures for EVERY SAA CORPS as its stands in 2019

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  2. 11 hours ago

    Analyst (dumb): Many Syrians hate Assad Me (on a tour of east Aleppo with my govt minder in Jan 2017): Everyone I meet here loves Assad

    Analyst (dumb): Hey look at these decades of historical analysis on how Hafez manipulated and commissioned various sects in Syrian civil society to function under the auspices of the authoritarian government…
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  3. 12 hours ago

    Analyst (dumb): The Syrian regime is sectarian Me (smart): Actually there are Sunnis in the army Checkmate western imperialists

    Analyst: [Syrian] Kurds don't trust Arabs Me at checkpoint in Kurdish city: talks in Kurdish…
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  4. 19 hours ago

    Big thanks for figuring out the 122nd Artillery regiment belongs to the 10th Division’s & the 3rd Division’s artillery regiment is the 14th (the 155th is an affiliated missile brigade). This is the kind of collaboration I was hoping for in publishing the report!

    So, if anyone has additional information please share. That being said, here is the as of 2019, including all units w/ |n training (so far)
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  5. Jul 23

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  6. Jul 22

    This is a small data set & we can't know who is actually ex-rebel, but it indicates the importance of these communities that have reconciled since 2013. I'm doing the same analysis on 480 Damascene martyrs b/w 7/2017 & 6/2018 & will write about that when done. END

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  7. Jul 22

    And here's the breakdown of where in these men come from. It should be no surprise that the region is heavily represented, as these men have been relied on for years. Should note that "South Damascus" includes everything from Babila to Sa'sa'.

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  8. Jul 22

    Here's the confirmed units some of the men fought in along w/ how many Damascene men from that unit died since May 6, split between men frm ex-rebel towns & men frm consistently loyalist towns. The men come frm the while men frm south

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  9. Jul 22

    62 of these men come from towns previously held by the opposition (although only one is confirmed ex-rebel, from ) The majority of men died in although the highest % of men from ex-rebel towns died in /

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  10. Jul 22

    THREAD| Went through the July 14 list of 90 killed govt men from province. 1 repeat name, 5 names could not be verified & 2 men died in April. But 82 of the men were posted by loyalist community pages b/w May 6 & Jul 14, bringing the total of Damascus-born deaths to 97

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  11. Jul 22

    Anyone interested in Syria needs to read this phenomal report from one of the best researchers out there. Numerous interviews w/ Alawi men & women on the state of the sect after 8 years of war.

    Assad's victory came at an immense cost to his sect. My new research based on multiple interviews with Alawis inside Syria is finally out with
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  12. Jul 21

    This was a great exercise in fact vs Assadist fiction. Can always rely on for the citations. Anyways back to research tweeting. Tomorrow I'll post some data breakdowns of deaths over the past two months, looking at possible ex-rebel recruitment & deployment.

    Replying to @delfoo @TomtheBasedCat @GregoryPWaters
    is staggering* It's 2:30 am my time and I have to get up in five hours for work. But I had to post this as I spent an entire day watching people deny the existence of…
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  13. Jul 21

    Imagine being so triggered by simple facts that you ridicule your own profession.

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  14. Jul 21

    The two men reported killed in so far belonged to the 225th Battalion 121st Brigade of the & to the 358th Special Tasks Battalion of the 105th Brigade (deployed in East Ghouta since at least 2014)

    : Rebels launched a raid last night on Qasabiyah front (N. of ), killing several several soldiers (7th Division & Rep. Guard's Special Forces pictured).
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  15. Jul 21

    Yesterday another |n govt fighter, this time from was killed either in or

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  16. Jul 21

    He was a member of Hezbollah according to

    Mashhur Zaydan, a Hezbollah member from the Druze village of Hadr in Quneitra, reportedly killed as his car was targeted in Sa’sa’ area in Mt. Herman region
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  17. Jul 21

    A "resistance" fighter from the town of was killed by an apparent IED while travelling near southwest

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  18. Jul 20

    Syrians in regime-held areas can't even post about their martyrs right now without high risk of being questioned for sedition and treason.

    Replying to @NoorNahas1 @wholelottadena @syrnqueen
    the government controlled areas are the only safe areas in syria. Next.
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  19. Jul 20

    |n govt death toll from the July 9 attack now at 37+3 captured 15 of the killed were from Damascus, mostly members of the 11th Border Guard Regiment. They came from the region (5) (4) (4) & north (2)

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  20. Jul 20

    Both of the July 17 attacks in - the IED killing 5 & the killing of Colonel Nidal - targeted members of the 's 666th Regiment, long based out of the nearby town of

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    Jul 19

    If you're impressed - and you should be - with 's awesome paper on 's Army, check out his two other papers for : - Republican Guard: - Tiger Forces:

    I'm really excited to announce the publication of ' latest paper on for :…
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