Saturday, 17 January, 2026 , 09:21 AFP —

Saturday, 17 January, 2026 , 09:15 AFP — US special envoy Tom Barrack and the head of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazloum Abdi, arrived in Erbil on Saturday for a meeting, a source in the presidency of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region told AFP.

Saturday, 17 January, 2026 , 08:40 AFP —

Saturday, 17 January, 2026 , 08:24 AFP — Syria's Kurds on Saturday said a presidential decree recognising the minority's rights and making Kurdish an official language was a first step, but fell short of their expectations.

Saturday, 17 January, 2026 , 08:07 AFP —

Saturday, 17 January, 2026 , 07:57 AFP — Syria's army said it took control of the town of Deir Hafer outside Aleppo city on Saturday, a day after Kurdish forces agreed to withdraw from the area following recent clashes.

Saturday, 17 January, 2026 , 07:14 AFP — Syria's army said Saturday its forces had started entering an area east of the city of Aleppo after Kurdish forces agreed to withdraw from the region following recent clashes.

Saturday, 17 January, 2026 , 06:48 AFP — Syria's army said Saturday its forces had begun entering an area east of the city of Aleppo after Kurdish forces agreed a day earlier to withdraw from the region following recent clashes.

Saturday, 17 January, 2026 , 06:38 AFP —

Friday, 16 January, 2026 , 22:33 AFP — Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree on Friday declaring Kurdish a "national language", in an apparent gesture of good will towards the minority following clashes in recent days.