Saturday, 10 January, 2026 , 15:06 AFP — Rights groups expressed alarm on Saturday that Iranian authorities were intensifying a deadly crackdown under cover of an internet blackout on the biggest demonstrations in the Islamic republic in over three years after another night of mass protests.
Saturday, 10 January, 2026 , 13:33 AFP — The Syrian army said on Saturday that it was halting military operations in an Aleppo neighbourhood following days of clashes, but Kurdish forces there maintained they were still under attack, with an AFP correspondent nearby reporting sporadic gunfire.
Saturday, 10 January, 2026 , 13:04 AFP — Kurdish forces on Saturday denied the government's claim that it was halting military operations in Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsud neighbourhood, where the two sides have clashed for days.
Saturday, 10 January, 2026 , 12:43 AFP — The Syrian army said on Saturday that it was stopping military operations in Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsud neighbourhood, where it has clashed for days with Kurdish fighters, state media reported.
Saturday, 10 January, 2026 , 12:28 AFP — Aleppo governor Azzam al-Gharib said on Saturday that the ongoing clashes in the northern Syrian city's Kurdish-majority neighbourhoods had displaced around 155,000 people.
Saturday, 10 January, 2026 , 12:06 AFP —
Saturday, 10 January, 2026 , 08:58 AFP — Syria's army said it had completed a "security sweep" on Saturday of a neighbourhood in Aleppo where it clashed with Kurdish forces, who denied losing control of the area after defying calls to surrender.
Saturday, 10 January, 2026 , 08:08 AFP — Kurdish forces denied Saturday that Syria's army had taken control of the last neighbourhood in Aleppo still in their hands, after the military said it had completed a security sweep there.
Saturday, 10 January, 2026 , 07:51 AFP —
Saturday, 10 January, 2026 , 07:15 AFP — Syria's army said it had completed a "security sweep" on Saturday of a neighbourhood in Aleppo where it clashed with Kurdish forces, though shelling could still be heard following calls for fighters to surrender themselves and their weapons.
