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UN Convoy Reaches Besieged Kobane as Fragile Syria Truce Holds

The extended truce is intended to facilitate U.S.-backed transfers of Islamic State detainees to Iraq.

Russia Begins Pullback From Qamishli Base in Northeast Syria

Syria Extends 15-Day Truce With Kurdish Forces to Support Islamic State Detainee Transfers

Ceasefire in Northeast Syria Largely Holds as Army and SDF Trade Violation Claims

Syria, Kurdish-Led SDF Extend Truce 15 Days to Enable U.S. ISIS Transfers

U.S. Begins Moving ISIS Detainees From Syria to Iraq as Control Shifts in Northeast

Syrian Forces Enter Al-Hol as Damascus Sets Four-Day Truce and Presses Kurdish Integration

Rifaat al-Assad, Ex-Syrian Vice President Tied to Hama Massacre, Dies at 88 in UAE

Syria Advances in Northeast as Ceasefire With SDF Frays and IS Prison Fears Grow

Damascus Claims Raqqa and Deir ez‑Zor Under Truce After U.S.-Brokered SDF Integration Pact

Syria and Kurdish-Led SDF Strike Ceasefire, With Deal to Hand Raqqa and Deir al‑Zor to State

Syrian Forces Seize Deir Hafer and Dozens of Towns as SDF Pulls Back East of the Euphrates

Syrian Forces Enter Deir Hafer After SDF Pullback, Claim Jarrah Air Base

Lindsey Graham to Visit Israel for Netanyahu Meeting as U.S.–Iran Strains Intensify

HRW Says Syria Failing to Deliver Justice Over Sweida Killings

World Watch List 2026 Finds Record 388 Million Christians Facing High Persecution

Syria Declares Closed Zone East of Aleppo, Opens Corridor as Reinforcements Arrive

Syria Declares Closed Military Zone East of Aleppo After Kurdish Evacuation From City

Syrian Forces Take Control of Aleppo’s Kurdish Districts After Ceasefire Evacuation

Kurdish Fighters Evacuate Aleppo as Syrian Forces Reassert Control