Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

The new construction, visible in satellite imagery, suggests an extended presence. Israel says its forces will stay as long as needed to protect its citizens.

Security continues to deteriorate in northeast Syria as ongoing clashes threaten the country’s transition towards an era of ...

A video released by the Syrian Democratic Forces claims this vehicle was destroyed on a road near Tishrin Dam on January 18. (SDF on X) The Tishrin Dam on the Euphrates River in Syria has become a key ...

Military says tunnel in Beqaa Valley had been struck in the past, latest attack was to prevent its restoration; other ...

The Turkish offensive targets one of two major dams on the Euphrates River. The area is the primary source of drinking water and hydroelectric generation in the SDF-occupied northeastern Syria.

Mere weeks before Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, it conducted a joint air patrol with the Syrian air force, including along the Euphrates River and Syria’s Golan Heights frontier ...

Syria’s struggle to exist has spanned just ... Britain aimed to control the Holy Land on both sides of the Jordan River and Mesopotamia. France claimed the central "Fertile Crescent," stretching ...

Areas east of the river — where much of the province’s oil and water resources lie — are controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF, a Kurdish-dominated administration supported by ...

and worsens the humanitarian situation in Syria," Mustafa said. The city lies in the Aleppo countryside, some 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of the Turkish border, with the Euphrates River to the ...