Tuesday, 20 January, 2026 , 16:01 AFP — Syria's presidency announced on Tuesday an understanding with the Kurds over the fate of Kurdish-majority areas of their stronghold of Hasakeh province in the country's northeast.
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Tuesday, 20 January, 2026 , 15:11 AFP — Nadia Murad, a prominent rights activist and Yazidi survivor of sexual slavery at the hands of the Islamic State group, condemned on Tuesday what she said was the world's abandonment of the Kurds in Syria.
Tuesday, 20 January, 2026 , 14:33 AFP — The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Tuesday they had to withdraw from northeast Syria's Al-Hol camp, which holds thousands of relatives of Islamic State group jihadists, after the army accused them of abandoning the site.
Tuesday, 20 January, 2026 , 14:23 AFP — Nadia Murad, the Iraqi Yazidi survivor of sexual slavery at the hands of the Islamic State group, condemned on Tuesday what she said was the world's abandonment of the Kurds in Syria.
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Tuesday, 20 January, 2026 , 13:45 AFP — A French journalist arrested while covering a pro-Kurdish protest in Istanbul remained in police custody on Tuesday, prompting growing calls for his release, including from France's government.
Tuesday, 20 January, 2026 , 13:37 AFP — The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said Tuesday they had withdrawn from northeast Syria's Al-Hol camp, which holds thousands of relatives of Islamic State jihadists, after the army accused them of abandoning the site.