How an anti-ISIS operation in Syria got bogged down in tribal politics - analysis
It is important to look back at how various forces involved in the Syrian turmoil go to this point in order to understand this complex conflict.
A Coalition convoy of US led international coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) stops to test fire their M2 machine guns and MK19 grenade launcher in the Middle Euphrates River Valley in the Deir ez-Zor province, Syria, November 22, 2018(photo credit: COURTESY MATTHEW CRANE/US ARMY/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)BySETH J. FRANTZMANUpdated:
