Armed tribal groups are active participants in Syria’s civil war. [Note: This article was originally published by The Jamestown Foundation.]

In order to fully understand the armed conflict in Syria, one has to grasp the country’s agro-city regional organization.

Alwiya Ahfaad ar-Rasool is a growing force against the al-Assad government in Syria. It is poised to become one of the most heavily observed and commonly cited fighting forces of the Syrian Civil War.