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The fighters and detainees held in these facilities include nationals from countries such as Tunisia, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Syria, among others, according to intelligence sources

US to transfer up to 7,000 IS detainees from Syria

January 22, 2026, 12:36 PM - 3 min read

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed in a statement late on Wednesday that IS fighters and associates held in northern Syria would be moved to Iraq

The government intensified its offensive in areas held by the Kurdish rebel group, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), especially after President Ahmad al-Sharaa ordered the forces to reclaim the country’s resources

Syria tense as government wrests control of key cities

January 18, 2026, 02:23 PM - 2 min read

Syria’s state news agency confirmed that the army had captured the northern town of Tabaqa, while also seizing the area east of Deir al-Zour, and taking full control of Deir Hafer while capturing the Jerrah airbase further east

The United States and other Western nations have pledged support to strengthen a unified Syria after the country’s horrific 14-year-long civil war

Syria launches military strikes on Kurdish forces in east Aleppo

January 17, 2026, 03:02 PM - 2 min read

At least 4,000 people left the Deir Hafer area on Friday after the army issued a deadline to them to flee the region, according to Syrian authorities

The ceasefire came into effect late on Saturday after US Special Envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, met with Syria’s President Ahmad al-Sharaa and other top officials in Damascus

Syrian govt seizes Aleppo districts after 14 years

January 11, 2026, 01:10 PM - 3 min read

Syrian government sources on Sunday confirmed that the last Kurdish forces present in Aleppo, along with dozens of civilians, were ferried out on buses after the ceasefire was agreed upon

Syrian forces, in response, targetted the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighbourhoods, which have remained under the control of Kurdish militias since the early days of the civil war that broke out in the country in 2011

Fighting resumes in Aleppo hours after ceasefire

January 10, 2026, 02:50 PM - 3 min read

The Syrian Defence Ministry, while announcing a ceasefire on Friday, called on Kurdish militia forces to leave the city and move to other Kurdish neighbourhoods, which was rejected by the rebel groups

The Syrian government blames the SDF militiamen for tensions and instability in the country and accuses the group of violating a previous agreement reached in April, which granted Kurdish leaders limited autonomy in certain areas

Syria declares ceasefire in Aleppo after days of deadly clashes

January 9, 2026, 10:03 AM - 2 min read

More than 100,000 people had fled Aleppo after clashes erupted between government forces and the SDF, which controls large areas of northern and eastern Syria

Blaming the SDF, Syria’s Interior Ministry claimed that fighters affiliated with the group “committed an act of treachery” against the Damascus-controlled security forces and attacked several checkpoints in the Ashrafieh and Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhoods before retreating.

Two killed, dozens injured in deadly clashes in Syria

December 23, 2025, 10:12 AM - 2 min read

The clashes erupted in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo between Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)