Study reveals Euphrates River formed millions of years ago when ancient rivers merged due to tectonic activity, reshaping ...

By Will Dunham June 12 (Reuters) - Uruk, the world's first metropolis and the birthplace of written language, was nourished ...

U.S. soldiers walk along a road that leads to Raqqa in northeast Syria, July 26. (Hussein Malla/AP) WASHINGTON — The U.S. is talking multiple times a day with Russia to deconflict ground and air ...

International news media has been crackling with reports of intercept incidents between U.S. and Russian combat aircraft along the Middle Euphrates River Valley (MERV) de-confliction line over Syria ...

WASHINGTON — The United States has proposed to Russia a plan for managing an increasingly complex battlefield in Syria’s main oil-producing region, where U.S.-backed forces fighting Islamic extremists ...

Fighters from the Women's Protection Units, or YPJ, celebrate in Paradise Square in Raqqa, Syria, on Oct. 19. The Kurdish female militia took part in freeing the northern Syrian city from the Islamic ...

The Paleolithic of the Euphrates valley in Syria / Lorrain Copelands -- Les terrasses pléistocènes de la vallée de l'Euphrate en Syrie et dans l'extrême sud de la Turquie / Paul Sanlaville -- ...

The US-led coalition and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) counterattacked the Islamic State in eastern Syria yesterday. The jihadists launched a large-scale offensive in Deir Ezzor province on Nov.