Severe flooding caused by a sharp rise in the Euphrates River has submerged villages and farmland in Syria's Deir Ezzor province. Thousands of residents have been displaced as waters inundate the region.

For several days, the province of Deir Ezzor has been severely hit by flooding. Entire villages and farmland have been completely submerged and thousands of residents have been forced to leave. The cause is the sudden rise in the level of the Euphrates, the river that originates in Turkey.