Yasser Allawi and Dylan Collins https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/yasser-allawi-and-dylan-collins/rss en Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces War Economy Tue, 19 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Yasser Allawi and Dylan Collins https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/01/19/deir-ezzor-facing-a-double-blockade-from-all-sides https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/01/19/deir-ezzor-facing-a-double-blockade-from-all-sides In the oil-rich province of Deir Ezzor, ISIS militants and the Syrian government are battling for control of the capital. As violence between the two sides continues to escalate, residents in the government-held areas of the city must fight to survive under what they call “a double blockade”.