Sarah El Deeb, Author at Greenfield Recorder

FILE - This March 27, 2018 file photo, shows an oilfield controlled by a U.S-backed Kurdish group, in Rmeilan, Hassakeh province, Syria. President Donald Trump's decision to dispatch new U.S. forces to eastern Syria to secure oil fields is being criticized by some experts as ill-defined and ambiguous. But the residents of the area, one of the country's most remote and richest regions, hope the U.S. focus on eastern Syria would bring an economic boon and eliminate what remains of the...

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For Syria, US troops are about more than oil

by Sarah El Deeb Associated PressNovember 8, 2019

BEIRUT — As U.S. troops beef up in eastern Syria to protect oil fields, residents hope their mission will bring stability and prosperity to the remote and resource-rich region —and keep the Syrian government out.Their hopes reflect the expectations…

In this frame grab from video provided by Hawar News, ANHA, the Kurdish news agency, residents who are angry over the U.S. withdrawal from Syria hurl potatoes at American military vehicles in the town of Qamishli, northern Syria, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday in Afghanistan that U.S. troops will stay in eastern Turkey to protect Kurdish-held oil fields for at least the coming weeks and that he was discussing options to keep them there. (ANHA via AP)

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‘America is running away’: Syrian withdrawal turns chaotic

by Sarah El Deeb Associated Press, and Lee Keath Associated PressOctober 21, 2019

Shortly after the Turkish operation inside Syria had started, local residents cheer and applaud as a convoy of Turkish forces vehicles is driven through the town of Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, at the border between Turkey and Syria, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. Turkey launched a military operation Wednesday against Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria after U.S. forces pulled back from the area, with a series of airstrikes hitting a town on Syria's northern border. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Turkey begins offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria

by Lefteris Pitarakis Associated Press, and Sarah El Deeb Associated PressOctober 9, 2019

Women and children exit the back of a truck as they arrive to a U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) screening area after being evacuated out of the last territory held by Islamic State militants, in the desert outside Baghouz, Syria, Friday, March 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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Final assault on last IS-held pocket in Syria resumes

by Sarah El Deeb Associated PressMarch 1, 2019

Children ride in the back of a truck that is part of a convoy evacuating hundreds out of the last territory held by Islamic State militants, in Baghouz, eastern Syria, Wednesday.

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Civilians, including many children, leave IS-held enclave

by Sarah El Deeb Associated PressFebruary 20, 2019

A Humvee drives in a village recently retaken from Islamic State militants by U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near Baghouz, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. Islamic State militants are preventing more than 1,000 civilians from leaving a tiny area still held by the extremist group in a village in eastern Syria, a spokesman for the U.S.-backed Syrian militia fighting the group said Sunday. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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Besieged IS militants refuse to surrender, ask for an exit

by Sarah El Deeb Associated PressFebruary 18, 2019

In this April 4, 2018 photo, a U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council soldier, left, speaks with a U.S. soldier, at a U.S. position near the tense front line with Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij town, north Syria. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw troops from Syria has rattled Washington's Kurdish allies, who are its most reliable partner in Syria and among the most effective ground forces battling the Islamic State group. Kurds in northern Syria said commanders and fighters met into the night, discussing their response to the surprise announcement Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Trump move to pull US troops from Syria opens way to turmoil

by Zeina Karam Associated Press, and Sarah El Deeb Associated PressDecember 20, 2018

FILE - In this June 23, 2017 file photo, supporters of Iraqi Hezbollah brigades march on a representation of an Israeli flag with a portrait of late Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini and Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Baghdad, Iraq. There may not be much Iran can do about President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal, but across the Middle East, the Islamic Republic has a variety of ways it can hit back at the United States and America’s regional allies. Iran sponsors a range of Shiite militias in Iraq and enjoys deep ties to the country’s economy and political system. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

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Unprecedented tension between Iran and Israel

by Sarah El Deeb Associated PressMay 11, 2018

Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets with Alaeddin Boroujerdi, left, the head of Iran’s parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy, in Damascus, Syria, on Monday, April 30. The meeting came as a missile attack targeting government outposts in Syria’s northern region killed at least 26 pro-government fighters, mostly Iranians, amid soaring Mideast tensions.

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Missile strikes in Syria kill over a dozen

by Bassem Mroue Associated Press, and Sarah El Deeb Associated PressApril 30, 2018

A woman takes a picture of her daughter in front the 7th century Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, April 12, 2018. The streets of Damascus were packed with people Thursday evening either going out to shop in one of the city's main markets to hanging out with families and friends at the capital's cafes, restaurants and sweets shops, people mostly appeared not concerned about a possible U.S. strike on the country going on with their lives as usual. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Inspectors head to site of suspected gas attack in Syria

by Bassem Mroue Associated Press, and Sarah El Deeb Associated PressApril 12, 2018