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...
Deir e-Zor
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...
‘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 ...
‘Temporary defeats’: Syria analyst Hassan Hassan on the future of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq
The Islamic State (IS) lost nearly all of its territory in Syria and Iraq over the past year.
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In barren desert displacement camp, residents burn plastic bags, diapers to ward off hypothermia
AMMAN: Dozens of residents of a remote displacement camp on the Syrian-Jordanian border suffered fr...
The network: A virtual hunt for suspected Islamic State members in Syria
AMMAN: Aghid al-Khodr wakes up early, before the sun rises. At his home in an undisclosed location ...
SDF, Iraqi forces ‘coordinating’ border security ahead of IS downfall
AMMAN: United States-backed Iraqi and Kurdish-led Syrian forces are “coordinating” secu...
Photo Essay: Displaced Deir e-Zor residents head home
Umm Muhammad sits hunched over in a blue plastic chair, holding one of her ten children on her lap....
After escaping IS-held Deir e-Zor, family splits apart on journey to safety
Umm Talaa’s family of seven once lived under the Islamic State in their Deir e-Zor province v...
