Deir e-Zor

US and Russian competition risks the possibility of confrontation in northeast Syria

Feb 13,2020

The rivaling philosophies of Barzani and Ocalan weigh over Syria's Kurds (Timeline)

New resolution restricts cross-border assistance to Syria

“Euphrates oil” breaks US sanctions on Damascus

Protests in Deir e-Zor reveal divisions between locals of the Eastern Euphrates and the Autonomous Administration

LATEST FROM Deir e-Zor

Suspected IS sleeper cells step up assassinations, attacks in eastern Syria after SDF ‘victory’ in Baghouz

March 27

Islamic State sleeper cells are assassinating local officials and laying roadside bombs across eastern Syria, where the militant group is exploiting a fragile security situation ...

‘When things happen in the dark, there’s a higher risk that abuses occur’: HRW’s Nadim Houry on post-IS transitional justice

March 25

Seemingly endless lines of Islamic State fighters streamed out of the group's last pocket, Baghouz, last weekend as US-backed fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces rendered t...

Final IS territory reduced to ragged strip of Euphrates river bank as SDF closes in

March 19

Backed by warplanes from the US-led anti-IS coalition, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) advanced on a long-besieged pocket of territory held by fighters from the Islamic State (...

In last stand at Baghouz, IS uses civilians, car bombs and booby traps to slow on-off SDF offensive

March 05

The fight to clear the scattered tents and buildings that demarcate the last vestiges of the Islamic State (IS), and its self-proclaimed “caliphate,” has wound on for weeks in Bag...

As IS defeat in Deir e-Zor nears, concern turns to tribal tensions, sleeper cells

February 14

Men thought to be IS fighters leave Baghouz Fawqani with their families on Wednesday. Photo by Fadel Senna/AFP. AMMAN: The murky outline of one corpse, maybe more, lies in the mi...

As ‘last man standing’ battle for final Islamic State enclave in Syria nears its end, what comes next?

January 29

Syrians who fled battles in eastern Deir e-Zor arrive at SDF territory on January 26, 2019. Delil Souleiman/AFP. AMMAN: Once a smattering of dusty farming villages along a r...

Civilians, monitors accuse US-led coalition of ‘disregard’ for civilian life as anti-IS Hajin campaign drags into third month

November 21

Smoke rises over Hajin during clashes. Photo courtesy of Syrian Democratic Forces. AMMAN: US-led coalition airstrikes in eastern Deir e-Zor province are placing thousands o...

SDF vows ‘definitive end’ to anti-IS offensive in Deir e-Zor after major setback

October 29

SDF fighters clash with IS near Hajin earlier this year. Photo courtesy of SDF Press. AMMAN: Syrian Democratic Forces commanders have vowed to retake ground lost to Islamic ...

US-backed SDF seizes key town in ongoing battle for Islamic State’s final foothold in Syria

October 23

SDF forces in an unnamed location in Syria. Photo courtesy of Syrian Democratic Forces. AMMAN: Fighters from the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces seized a strategic town ...

US-backed SDF battles to capture final IS stronghold in eastern Syria

September 12

A US helicopter above SDF territory in eastern Syria on Tuesday. Delil Souleman/AFP. AMMAN: US-backed Kurdish-majority forces assaulted Islamic State positions along the ban...

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