Northeast Syria is rapidly changing hands, and with it the country's fragile balance of power. For more than a decade, Kurdish authorities governed this region with a high degree of autonomy. Now, ...

Syrian Kurdish security forces on Sunday announced a curfew early next week in two cities in the country's northeast, ahead of the implementation of a recent deal struck with the Islamist-led ...

Milestone appears to resolve escalating tensions over the question of Kurdish autonomy in north-east Syria The Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces have reached an agreement to extend a fragile ...

The Syrian flag reappeared in Raqqa this week following the government taking the city from the SDF Syria's government and Kurdish forces have reached a comprehensive agreement that includes the ...

Syria's new leaders, since toppling former President Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, have struggled to assert full authority over a country devastated by nearly 14 years of civil war. The ...

According to the agreement with the Syrian government, the SDF will withdraw from the front lines. Then, government forces will enter the cities of Hassakeh and Qamishli, and the process of ...

The changes on the ground are part of a January 30 deal between the Syrian Transitional Government and the Syrian Democratic Forces. Syrian security forces have continued to move into areas in the ...

The long-anticipated agreement closes a period of intense uncertainty in northeastern Syria after rebel forces led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, who is now the president, seized power in December 2024. By ...

Syrian government forces enter SDF-held city of Hasakah Deployment stipulated in US-backed agreement HASAKAH, Syria, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Syrian government security forces deployed in a ...

Some two dozen member countries joined the first meeting of the Board of Peace in Washington today with more than $16 billion ...

W hen Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapsed in December 2024, many hoped it would mark the end of Syria’s years-long civil strife. Ahmed al-Sharaa (formerly Abu Muhammad al-Golani), who emerged as the ...

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