Context Update Report from iMMAP’s Research and Analysis Unit on Northwest Syria (NWS) for July 2022. This update covers the outcome of the UNSC renewal vote for cross-border operations via Bab al-Hawa, continued threats on northern Syria by Turkey and its allies, infighting, and dynamics between Turkish-backed opposition groups and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), and escalation of violence in Idlib, among other topics.