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Syria ceasefire

Members of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) arrive at the Kurdish-held city of Ain al-Arab, also known as Kobane on January 23, 2026, after they withdrew from the Al-Aqtan prison in the Raqa province of Syria. (AFP)
January 24, 2026, 2:02 pm
Syrian government, Kurdish forces agree to extend ceasefire by 15 days
Truce’s continuation will allow transfer to Iraq of Islamic State detainees held by SDF; Kurdish group’s most recent offer would have Syrian government managing border crossings
By AFP
Syrian Internal Security Forces secure the streets as they enter the Ashrafiyeh neighborhood of the city of Aleppo, northern Syria late on January 8, 2026, following heavy clashes with the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) forces. (Bakr ALkasem / AFP)
January 9, 2026, 9:58 am
Syria announces ceasefire after days of clashes with Kurdish fighters in Aleppo
At least 21 people have been reported killed in clashes that have seen tens of thousands of civilians displaced amid an impasse in political talks
By AP
A boy rides past the border fence between Syria and Israel at Majdal Shams on December 9, 2024. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
December 11, 2024, 10:08 am
On Syrian border in war-struck Majdal Shams, Assad’s fall sparks hope for Israel’s Druze
While some Golan Heights residents dream of seeing their relatives in Syria again, others express ‘complicated’ emotions, reconsidering their identity and where they belong
By Diana Bletter
A convoy of Russian military vehicles drives toward the northeastern Syrian city of Kobane on October 23, 2019 (AFP)
October 23, 2019, 4:51 pm
Russian forces deploy at Syrian border under new accord with Turkey
Kremlin tells Kurdish fighters to pull back from frontier or face being ‘steamrolled’ by Erdogan’s troops
By Suzan Fraser and LEFTERIS PITARAKIS
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands before their meeting in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, October 22, 2019. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool )
October 22, 2019, 10:05 pm
Kurds pull out from Syria border region as Putin, Erdogan reach buffer zone deal
Hours before Ankara set to resume offensive against US allies, leaders of Turkey and Russia agree to create 20-mile deep area free of Kurdish fighters
By Suzan Fraser and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
US Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential palace, in Ankara, Turkey, on October 17, 2019 (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool )
October 17, 2019, 6:16 pm
Pence holds frosty meeting with Erdogan in bid for Syria border ceasefire
US vice president shares tense handshake with Turkish leader before urging him to halt offensive against Kurdish forces in northern Syria
By Zeke Miller
Syrian regime soldiers at a checkpoint watch Syrian rebels during evacuation from Daraa city, on July 15, 2018 (AFP PHOTO/Mohamad ABAZEED)
July 15, 2018, 4:36 pm
Syria rebels begin evacuating ‘cradle’ of uprising in Daraa
Transfers come as Russian-backed government forces advance in the neighboring province of Quneitra, with airstrikes pounding rebel positions close to the Israeli border
By Mohamad Abazeed
Syrian government soldiers ride in an infantry-fighting vehicle in the town of Saida in the west of Daraa province on July 7, 2018. (Youssef Karwashan/AFP)
July 14, 2018, 4:34 pm
Syria rebels surrender heavy arms in Daraa city, says state media
Those who reject the reconciliation deal will be allowed safe passage out of the city
By AFP
Syrians ride a vehicle carrying their personal belongings, as they return to their homes in towns and villages situated on the eastern outskirts of Daraa, on July 7, 2018. (AFP Photo/ Mohamad Abazeed)
July 8, 2018, 7:29 pm
Tens of thousands return home after southern Syria ceasefire deal
Monitor says agreement in Daraa province largely holding, despite exchanges of fire between regime fighters and rebel groups
By Tony Gamal-Gabriel
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) shows the way to his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi during a meeting in Moscow on July 4, 2018. (AFP Photo/Vasily Maximov)
July 4, 2018, 5:07 pm
Russia: Complete Iranian withdrawal from Syria is ‘absolutely unrealistic’
Sergey Lavrov says Putin and Trump will discuss situation in southern Syria on July 16; US said to seek full Iranian pullout, as does Israel
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A Syrian government forces' soldier smokes a cigarette on an armored vehicle during a government guided tour in the village of al-Sourah, province of Daraa, on June 29, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Youssef KARWASHAN)
June 30, 2018, 2:14 pm
Syria rebels said to reject ‘insulting’ Russian offer for ceasefire in southwest
UN warns 750,000 lives are at risk, says civilians caught between pro-Assad forces on one side and armed opposition groups and the Islamic State jihadists on the other
By ToI Staff and AFP
Smoke rises from buildings in a rebel-held neighborhood of Daraa in southern Syria following reported shelling by the Syrian regime on May 22, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mohamad Abazeed)
May 26, 2018, 5:14 pm
US warns Syrian regime not to advance toward Israeli border
State Department says it’ll take ‘firm and appropriate measures’ to ensure ceasefire in southern Syria amid reports of planned offensive
By Agencies
A Syrian civil defense volunteer carries children, as he helps them try to flee their homes in the town of Hamouria in Syria's besieged eastern Ghouta region on March 4, 2018, following reported airstrikes. (AFP PHOTO / ABDULMONAM EASSA)
March 4, 2018, 9:06 pm
Syria regime retakes quarter of rebel enclave as civilians flee
US, UK and France step up pressure on Damascus and Moscow to end devastating bombardment of Eastern Ghouta, which has killed more than 600 civilians in 2 weeks
By AFP
A general view taken from a government-held area in Damascus shows smoke rising from the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of the Syrian capital following fresh air strikes and rocket fire on February 27, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
February 28, 2018, 12:35 pm
Fresh violence mars first day of Syria enclave ‘truce’
Fledgling ‘humanitarian pause’ announced by Russia in rebel-held Ghouta rattled by renewed regime airstrikes and rocket fire
By Hasan Mohamed
A Syrian man wounded in air strikes receives treatment at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held enclave of eastern Ghouta, on February 25, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / AMER ALMOHIBANY)
February 25, 2018, 11:30 pm
Strikes, clashes rock Syria’s Ghouta, despite ceasefire call
Regime forces continue ferocious assault on rebel enclave, ignoring Security Council resolution demanding 30-day humanitarian ceasefire
By Hasan Mohamed
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