With the Islamic State almost entirely pushed out of Deir e-Zor, how can eastern Syria’s tribes pick up the pieces?
SDF commanders meet with Deir e-Zor tribal leaders on August 15. Photo courtesy of SDF Media. ...
Deir e-Zor
US-backed SDF battles to capture final IS stronghold in eastern Syria
A US helicopter above SDF territory in eastern Syria on Tuesday. Delil Souleman/AFP.
AMMAN: U...
‘Blood for blood’: Murder, retribution killings mire Syria’s eastern desert as tribes avenge Islamic State-era abuses
Deir e-Zor tribal leaders meet with the SDF in August. Photo courtesy of SDF media.
AMMAN: Marwan ...
‘It’s like you have red flags all over you’: In rebel-held north, Syrians displaced by the Islamic State face discrimination, social stigma
A displacement camp near northern Aleppo’s Azaz in April. Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP.
AMMAN: Rudain...
US-backed opposition authorities in northern Syria push for ‘de-centralization’ agreement with Damascus: SDF
Members of the SDC meet in Tabqa on July 16. Photo by Delil Souleiman/AFP.
AMMAN: US-backed, major...
What’s next for post-Islamic State Syria? A month-long reporting series from Syria Direct
Raqqa residents line up for bread in January. Photo by Delil Souleiman/AFP.
The Islamic State...
A ‘children’s tragedy’: Hepatitis, diarrhea infect thousands of children stranded in Rukban amid summer heat
A Rukban toddler with “moderate” diarrhea symptoms on Monday, according to one nurse in...
US-backed forces encircle last Islamic State positions along Euphrates River in eastern Syria
AMMAN: American-backed forces encircled the last Islamic State-held positions along the Euphrates R...
‘Running from memories’ of the Islamic State, parents and children transition to a new life
AMMAN: An unusual silence filled Muhammad Mahmoud’s home in central Syria during the three ye...
Deir e-Zor teacher: After Islamic State, ‘enormous effort’ needed to counter extreme ideology
Dozens of schools reopened in the formerly Islamic State-held eastern countryside of Deir e-Zor ove...
Syrian-Iraqi borderlands key to ‘post-caliphate’ Islamic State, says analyst Hassan Hassan
An expanse of valleys and sparsely populated open desert lies between Syria and Iraq. There, small ...
