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Mazloum Abdi, leader of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), speaks during a televised speech at the People’s Palace in Damascus on August 25, 2026. (Bakr Alkasem/AFP)
August 25, 2026, 11:56 pm
Syrian Kurdish leader says armed force dissolved, capping integration with Damascus
In speech from presidential palace, Mazloum Abdi announces ‘end of mission’ for Syrian Democratic Forces, which formed in 2015 and led successful US-backed campaign against ISIS
By AFP
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, right, walks with Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani during a meeting at the People’s Palace in Damascus, Syria, August 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
August 21, 2026, 10:11 am
Syrian Kurds announce completion of civil, military integration with Damascus
Syrian Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi announces ‘new phase’ for community, calls ‘to cement our people’s rights in the constitution,’ in apparent end to quest for autonomy
By AFP
Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa signs an agreement with the chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces at the Presidential Palace in Damascus on January 18, 2026. (Rami al SAYED / AFP)
January 18, 2026, 10:45 pm
Syria declares ceasefire with Kurdish-led SDF after intense military push
Truce leaves much of Kurdish-majority northwest under Damascus control for first time in decade; Sharaa proclaims victory for ‘Syrians of all backgrounds’
By GHAITH ALSAYED and OMAR ALBAM
Syrian government soldiers wave a Syrian flag after climbing atop a statue of a female Kurdish fighter, following the takeover of the town from US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) during an ongoing push against Kurdish-led forces, in Tabqa, eastern Syria, January 18, 2026. (AP Photo/ Omar Albam)
January 18, 2026, 5:53 pm
Kurdish commander urges US to intervene in Syria, says he’d welcome Israeli help
Syrian government forces take country’s largest oil field despite US call to stop advance, as Kurdish-led SDF withdraws from areas it controlled since pushing out ISIS in 2017
By Agencies
Syrian security forces stand guard as residents leave the Sheikh Maqsoud and Achrafieh neighborhoods of Aleppo, Syria, October 7, 2025, following overnight clashes between Syrian government troops and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)
October 7, 2025, 6:14 pm
Syrian government declares ‘comprehensive ceasefire’ with Kurds after Aleppo clashes
Announcement comes after Syrian defense minister meets SDF leader amid tensions over local autonomy that devolved into deadly fighting
By AFP
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) shaking the hand of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander-in-chief Mazloum Abdi after the signing of an agreement to integrate the institutions of the semi-autonomous Kurdish administration in the northeast into the national government, in the Syrian capital Damascus on March 10, 2025. (SANA / AFP)
March 10, 2025, 11:13 pm
Syrian government inks breakthrough deal with Kurdish authorities in northeast
Accord states US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces to be integrated into national army over a decade after formation, during outbreak of civil war
By AFP
A US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter stands next an armored vehicle, at al-Sabha town in the eastern countryside of Deir el-Zour, Syria, September 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)
September 6, 2023, 6:23 pm
Skirmishes between rival US-backed forces in Syria mar fight against Islamic State
Fighting between Kurdish-dominated SDF and Arab allies breaks out after arrest of latter’s leader, opening door to possible reemergence of deadly terror group
By BASSEM MROUE
Kurdish forces withdraw past Russian forces in an area near the Turkish border with Syria near the town of Amuda, October 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)
June 12, 2023, 2:50 pm
Turkish shelling in north Syria said to kill Russian soldier, wound others
Incident comes a day after violence between US-backed Kurdish fighters and Turkish troops left several Kurds dead
By AP
Illustrative: Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks to Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi on the sideline of the summit of Caspian Sea littoral states in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, June 29, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
July 18, 2022, 3:52 pm
Syria to top agenda as Iranian, Russian and Turkish leaders head to Tehran meeting
Ankara is eyeing military operation in Syrian Kurdish regions, but hopes to get blessing from Moscow first, while Iranians oppose idea
By Karim Abou Merhi
Turkey-backed Syrian fighters inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in the northern Syrian Kurdish town of Tal Abyad, on the border with Turkey, November 2, 2019. (Bakr Alkasem/AFP)
November 3, 2019, 2:19 am
At least 13 dead in car bomb in Turkish-held Syrian border town
‘Turkey is responsible for civilian casualties in the region it controls,’ says spokesman for Kurdish-led Syrian Defense Forces
By AFP
People look at a destroyed van near the village of Barisha, in Idlib province, Syria, October 27, 2019, after an operation by the US military which killed IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. (AP/Ghaith Alsayed)
October 30, 2019, 5:34 pm
Informant who led US to IS leader likely to receive up to $25 million – report
Source said to be Sunni Arab, cultivated by Kurdish intelligence, who turned against Islamic State after terror group killed a relative
By AFP
Kurdish forces withdraw from from an area near the Turkish border with Syria near the town of Amuda, October 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)
October 29, 2019, 6:32 am
Not over yet: New US Syria mission after al-Baghdadi death
Following killing of terror leader, Washington makes further moves to protect area’s oil fields from extremists, Syria, Russia
By Robert Burns
Turkish soldiers, right, and Turkey-backed opposition fighters, left, stand on a building next to their flags the town of Ras al Ayn in northeastern Syria, October 23, 2019. (Ugur Can/DHA via AP)
October 25, 2019, 6:30 am
Syria says Turkish-led forces attacked its troops, killing some
Turkey and Kurdish-led SDF also fighting despite truce; clashes underscore risk of spiraling violence as multiple armies jostle for position in volatile border region
By Bassam Mroue
A US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighter at a check point near the Omar oil field base, eastern Syria, February 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
October 25, 2019, 2:43 am
US to send ‘additional military assets’ to protect Syrian oil
Defense Department announcement comes as Trump draws criticism for vowing to safeguard Syria’s fuel reserves even as he heralds withdrawal of American troops
By Agencies
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
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