Wednesday, 21 January, 2026 , 07:34 AFP — Syria's army on Wednesday entered the country's vast Al-Hol detention camp that houses relatives of suspected Islamic State jihadists, from which Kurdish forces withdrew the day before, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.

Tuesday, 20 January, 2026 , 21:57 AFP — US President Donald Trump marked the first anniversary of his return to the White House on Tuesday with a rambling, often downbeat news conference that leaned heavily on familiar grievances rather than celebration.

Tuesday, 20 January, 2026 , 20:51 AFP — Syria's government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces agreed a new ceasefire on Tuesday as Washington said the SDF's purpose in fighting Islamic State group jihadists was largely over.

Tuesday, 20 January, 2026 , 20:48 AFP — Like dozens of Iraqi Kurds, Rounak Majid boarded a bus Tuesday that would take her several hundred kilometres to Syria so she could reinforce her people against the Syrian army.

Tuesday, 20 January, 2026 , 20:31 AFP — US President Donald Trump on Tuesday expressed support for his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa, who launched an offensive against Washington's erstwhile Kurdish allies, saying a "choir boy" could not handle the situation.

Tuesday, 20 January, 2026 , 20:14 AFP — The Syrian Democratic Forces, whose dissolution Damascus demands, is the de facto army of the Kurds' autonomous administration in north and northeast Syria and was at the forefront of the battle against jihadists, with US support.

Tuesday, 20 January, 2026 , 20:10 AFP — Syria's government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces agreed a new ceasefire on Tuesday as Washington said the SDF's purpose in fighting Islamic State group jihadists was largely over.

Tuesday, 20 January, 2026 , 19:14 AFP — Clashes erupted on Turkey's border with Syria Tuesday between police and protesters angered by a Syrian military offensive targeting Kurds, an AFP correspondent said.

Tuesday, 20 January, 2026 , 17:59 AFP — US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he helped stop a prison break of European jihadists in Syria, where the central government has pressed an offensive against Kurdish fighters in charge of prison camps for Islamic State suspects.

Tuesday, 20 January, 2026 , 16:49 AFP — The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said they were committed to a four-day ceasefire deal announced by the Damascus authorities as part of an understanding reached on Tuesday.