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1/30/2026

Syria’s Kurds have signed a comprehensive deal to integrate their military and civilian institutions with President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government in Damascus, ending weeks of bitter fighting between the two sides.

1/29/2026

Syria’s Ministry of Interior has ordered the immediate implementation of a new decree granting citizenship to Kurdish minorities, as government forces continue to consolidate control of the country after a rapid offensiv...

1/26/2026

A ceasefire between the Syrian army and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) appears to be largely holding, even as the two sides have accused each other of violating its terms.

1/23/2026

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Thursday accused armed groups affiliated with Syria’s transitional government of repeatedly violating the ceasefire agreement, with Kobani emerging as one of the main targets of the...

1/20/2026

Tensions between the Syrian government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have been escalating, days after they announced a ceasefire, which is being severely tested by renewed fighting, involving the wit...

1/15/2026

Syria’s military said it would open a corridor Thursday for civilians to evacuate an area of Aleppo province that has seen a military buildup following intense clashes between government and Kurdish-led forces in Aleppo...

1/15/2026

Anti-narcotics authorities in Syria and Iraq have seized 2.5 million captagon stimulant pills during coordinated security operations carried out in both countries, Syria’s Interior Ministry announced on Thursday.

1/14/2026

Early on Wednesday, the so-called SDF terrorist group targeted army positions and homes in the eastern part of Aleppo city, northern Syria.

1/13/2026

The Syrian army on Tuesday declared an area east of the northern city of Aleppo a “closed military zone,” potentially signaling another escalation between government forces and fighters with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democr...

1/8/2026

Syrian authorities warned civilians to leave a contested area in the northern city of Aleppo on Thursday and opened a corridor for them to evacuate for a second day as clashes continued between government and Kurdish for...

1/7/2026

The deadliest clashes so far broke out Tuesday between Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters in a contested area of the northern city of Aleppo, as efforts to merge the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces with t...

1/4/2026

Syrian government officials have held talks with the commander of the main Kurdish-led force in the country over plans to merge it with the national army, state media reported, adding that no “tangible results” had been...

12/17/2025

Syria’s government on Tuesday said its forces killed the leader of a cell linked to ISIS and arrested eight of its members believed to be behind a deadly attack on security personnel last week.

12/15/2025

A man who carried out an attack in Syria that killed three U.S. citizens had joined Syria’s internal security forces as a base security guard two months earlier and was recently reassigned amid suspicions that he might b...

12/4/2025

A United Nations Security Council delegation arrived in Syria on Thursday and met with President Ahmed al-Sharaa, state media reported, in the first-ever visit to the country just days before the anniversary of the ousti...

12/1/2025

Syria’s new security forces have reached a significant milestone in their operations against extremists, now working openly with the US Central Command against ISIS. Although this is not their first cooperation with the...

11/28/2025

Casualties were reported on Friday morning after Israeli air strikes hit the town of Beit Jinn in the countryside of the Syrian capital, Damascus.

11/26/2025

Demonstrations and sit-ins took place on Tuesday in several areas of the Tartus and Latakia governorates, as well as in parts of Homs and Hama, calling for decentralisation and the release of detainees, amid a heavy depl...

11/23/2025

The southern neighborhoods of Homs are witnessing a heavy security presence as a curfew begins this evening. The measures aim to contain tensions following a murder that occurred earlier in the day in the town of Zaidal,...

11/21/2025

The Syrian Arab Republic has removed the travel bans of nearly 5 million people imposed during the authoritarian rule of the Bashar Assad regime.

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