Saturday, 10 January, 2026 , 18:20 AFP — Rights groups expressed alarm on Saturday that Iranian authorities were intensifying a deadly crackdown under cover of an internet blackout, after another night of mass protests in the biggest demonstrations to face the Islamic republic in years.
Saturday, 10 January, 2026 , 18:08 AFP — The United States on Saturday urged the Syrian government and Kurdish authorities to return to negotiations after days of deadly clashes in the northern city of Aleppo.
Saturday, 10 January, 2026 , 16:14 AFP — Syrian authorities on Saturday began transferring Kurdish fighters from the country's second city Aleppo to areas they control in the country's northeast, state television reported, after days of deadly clashes.
Saturday, 10 January, 2026 , 16:08 AFP — US envoy Tom Barrack urged the Syrian government and Kurdish authorities to "return to dialogue" after meeting Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Saturday following days of deadly clashes in Aleppo.
Saturday, 10 January, 2026 , 15:58 AFP —
Saturday, 10 January, 2026 , 15:10 AFP — Syrian authorities on Saturday began transferring Kurdish fighters from Aleppo's Kurdish-majority Sheikh Maqsud neighbourhood to the country's northeast, state television reported, after days of deadly clashes.
Saturday, 10 January, 2026 , 15:06 AFP — Rights groups expressed alarm on Saturday that Iranian authorities were intensifying a deadly crackdown under cover of an internet blackout on the biggest demonstrations in the Islamic republic in over three years after another night of mass protests.
Saturday, 10 January, 2026 , 13:33 AFP — The Syrian army said on Saturday that it was halting military operations in an Aleppo neighbourhood following days of clashes, but Kurdish forces there maintained they were still under attack, with an AFP correspondent nearby reporting sporadic gunfire.
Saturday, 10 January, 2026 , 13:04 AFP — Kurdish forces on Saturday denied the government's claim that it was halting military operations in Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsud neighbourhood, where the two sides have clashed for days.
Saturday, 10 January, 2026 , 12:43 AFP — The Syrian army said on Saturday that it was stopping military operations in Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsud neighbourhood, where it has clashed for days with Kurdish fighters, state media reported.
