Recent conflict between Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria has again brought to the world's attention the detention facilities where Islamic State group members are held and camps where mostly women and children have been locked up for years.

The fight ultimately comes down to a clash about Syria's future governance.In Syria, a battle of wills that has gone on for almost a year has now turned violent. For almost 14 years of the Syrian civil war,

Deir al-Zour has been described as the most heavily damaged city in Syria by U.N.-Habitat. Traffic weaves past craters and around mounds of rubble. Children play in the ruins beneath great slabs of concrete hanging perilously from buildings. Dust clogs the air.

Top Iraqi officials on Tuesday warned that the Islamic State (ISIS) remains a serious threat to regional and global security, asserting that coordination between Baghdad and Iraq’s Kurdistan Region has secured the country’s borders amid instability in neighboring Syria.

Government troops drew closer to Raqqa, the largest city overseen by the Kurds, raising U.S. concerns about the renewal of a wider conflict in the region.

Syrian troops fighting U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces seized the Omar oil field, the country’s largest, and the Conoco gas field in the eastern Deir Zor province as allied Arab tribal forces advanced in the oil-rich area along the border with Iraq,

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa is expected in Berlin on Tuesday for talks, as German officials seek to step up deportations of Syrians, despite unease about continued instability in their homeland.Sharaa is scheduled to meet his counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier,

Top European Union officials have visited Syria for the first time to meet with interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa.

Syrian government’s control of energy reserves from SDF has raised hopes of return to pre-war production levels.