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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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.