Ancient Euphrates once flowed into the Mediterranean, new study suggests
Millions of years before the first cities emerged in Mesopotamia, the Euphrates River followed a very different path from the one known today. Rather than flowing southeast through present-day Turkey, Syria, and Iraq toward the Persian Gulf, the river system
Syrian army advances in Aleppo: Clashes erupt as SDF withdrawal falters West of Euphrates
The sun had barely risen over the dusty plains of Maskanah when the ceasefire, once hailed as a diplomatic breakthrough, dissolved into the rattle of machine-gun fire. For the soldiers of a Syrian Army patrol, Saturday was meant to be



