ALBAWABA- Sixteen people were killed in fierce clashes in eastern Syria as pro-government forces successfully repelled an attack by the Deir Ezzor Military Council, allied with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the situation in the region has returned to a state of "cautious calm." The fighting occurred in the strategically divided Deir Ezzor province, where control is split between Syrian ...