Reportage

Critical open-source conflict reporting from the OffBeat Research team and our contributors, plus field reports from front lines around the world.

The 100th Separate Mechanized Brigade: The Men Who Fight Where No One Wants To
They Were the Voices of El Fasher — Until They Fell Silent
An Assault Over Dogs in Brooklyn Calls Into Question Hate Crimes Criteria
Kabineh: The Syrian Town That Helped Save the Revolution
“I Know We Can Win”: Ukraine’s Most Famous Soldier on the State of War
Years On, Sumy Struggles with Russian Bombardment
Supplying the Frontline: Ukraine’s Drone Logistics
The Accidental Liberation of Kafrnabl
The 59th Shkval Battalion: Holding the Front in Dnipro
From the Ashes of Occupation, Phoenix Squad Rises
Reclaiming Life Under Assad’s Rubble
Dysfunction and Dereliction: The Collapse of the 155th Brigade Through a Deserter’s Eyes
3 Years On: Fragments of the Battle for Kyiv
Governing on the Front Line in Sumy Oblast
Winter Training with the 100th Mechanized Brigade’s Marder Crew
Russia Bets on Pokrovsk Push as Resistance Stiffens
Ukrainian Crew Fielding Captured Russian T-80 Tank
A Conversation With the WHO Representative in Syria (Originally Published May 29, 2021)
Analyzing Impacts of the March 2024 Taganrog Drone Attack
Tracking Wagner Representative Oleg Milkov’s Travels
Dissecting the September 2023 Sevastopol Dry Dock Strike
Animal Rescue Workers Shelled by Russian Militants in Kherson
https://offbeatresearch.com/2023/08/perspectives-from-a-displaced-queer-anarchist-soldier
On the Road with Ukraine’s Recoilless Riflemen
Monitoring Foreign Drone Proliferation in the Ukrainian War
Using OSINT & Social Media to Track the Nagorno-Karabakh War
The Devil’s Proxy: ISKP in Afghanistan
With Winter Looming, Rukban Families Get New Shelter
Are the Free Burma Rangers Involved in Fighting Alongside the SDF?