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Deir ez-Zor

The grave of Russian private military contractor Sergei Gancherov is shown adorned with flowers and his photograph on a cross.

After a deadly Syrian battle, evidence of Russian losses was obscured

Conflict & Justice

Russia’s messaging around February, 2018, was that its military campaign in Syria was a success with only modest human cost. But according to relatives and a battlefield witnesses, several Russian private military contractors died in clashes in Syria’s Deir al-Zor region contrary to the official government narrative.

Few individuals have gotten close enough to the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Jurgen Todenhofer is one of them. He embedded with ISIS for 10 days in December of 2014.

Meet the man who spent 10 days with ISIS and lived to tell about it

Conflict

Residents of Syrian city of Deir Ezzor live life under siege

Global Politics

Syria Behind the Lines

Lifestyle & Belief

A Journalist’s View of Syria Stalemate

Global Politics
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