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

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What’s next for the millions of internally displaced Syrians? A month-long reporting series from Syria Direct

August 28

Rebel fighters and their families arrive in rural northern Aleppo in April. Nazeer al-Khatib/AFP. After seven years of war, one image in particular has become a potent symb...

Justice and accountability after the Islamic State: ‘Few options’ for victims of IS war crimes

August 23

A Syrian man rides a motorbike in Raqqa in February. Photo by Delil Souleiman/AFP. Public executions, brutal extrajudicial murders and other atrocities were the norm in are...

With the Islamic State almost entirely pushed out of Deir e-Zor, how can eastern Syria’s tribes pick up the pieces?

August 22

SDF commanders meet with Deir e-Zor tribal leaders on August 15. Photo courtesy of SDF Media. In the deserts of eastern Syria’s Deir e-Zor province, the Islamic State...

‘Blood for blood’: Murder, retribution killings mire Syria’s eastern desert as tribes avenge Islamic State-era abuses

August 22

Deir e-Zor tribal leaders meet with the SDF in August. Photo courtesy of SDF media. AMMAN: Marwan was out buying vegetables for his grocery shop in his eastern Deir e-Zor hometow...

‘It’s like you have red flags all over you’: In rebel-held north, Syrians displaced by the Islamic State face discrimination, social stigma

August 19

A displacement camp near northern Aleppo’s Azaz in April. Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP. AMMAN: Rudaina dreads checkpoints. Since fleeing her home in formerly Islamic State-held east...

US-backed opposition authorities in northern Syria push for ‘de-centralization’ agreement with Damascus: SDF

July 30

Members of the SDC meet in Tabqa on July 16. Photo by Delil Souleiman/AFP. AMMAN: US-backed, majority-Kurdish authorities in the de facto autonomous region of northeastern Syria ...

What’s next for post-Islamic State Syria? A month-long reporting series from Syria Direct

July 29

Raqqa residents line up for bread in January. Photo by Delil Souleiman/AFP. The Islamic State once occupied a vast swathe of territory across Iraq and Syria that was—a...

A ‘children’s tragedy’: Hepatitis, diarrhea infect thousands of children stranded in Rukban amid summer heat

July 16

A Rukban toddler with “moderate” diarrhea symptoms on Monday, according to one nurse in the camp. Photo courtesy of Ruba Homsi. AMMAN: Thousands of children in a remo...

US-backed forces encircle last Islamic State positions along Euphrates River in eastern Syria

May 16

AMMAN: American-backed forces encircled the last Islamic State-held positions along the Euphrates River in eastern Syria this week after capturing a key town near the border with ...

‘Running from memories’ of the Islamic State, parents and children transition to a new life

May 08

AMMAN: An unusual silence filled Muhammad Mahmoud’s home in central Syria during the three years in which he and his family lived under the Islamic State. The former engine...

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Photo Essay: Displaced Deir e-Zor residents head home

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Deir e-Zor residents trapped between regime and IS

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