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.
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Tuesday, 20 January, 2026 , 16:21 AFP — Syria's defence ministry announced a four-day ceasefire with Kurdish forces on Tuesday, after an understanding was reached between the two sides on the future of the Kurdish-majority Hasakeh region.
Tuesday, 20 January, 2026 , 16:07 AFP — Mazloum Abdi, head of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, urged a US-led international coalition to take responsibility for protecting facilities holding Islamic State group members in Syria after his forces withdrew from several.
Tuesday, 20 January, 2026 , 16:05 AFP — US envoy Tom Barrack said on Tuesday that the existence of a friendly government in Damascus meant the reason for Washington's alliance with Syrian Kurds against the Islamic State group had "largely expired".
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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