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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
Members of the Kurdistan Freedom Party PAK stand guard in Erbil, Iraq, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya)
March 15, 2026, 4:50 pm
Small, divided and wary, Kurdish rebels won’t be the ones bringing down Iran’s regime
Trump floated the idea of Kurdish militias going on the offensive to help defeat the Islamic Republic, but the reality on the ground limits the role they can likely play in Tehran’s collapse
By Lazar Berman
Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Al-Shaibani attends a meeting in Moscow on December 24, 2025. (Photo by Handout / RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY / AFP)
February 14, 2026, 11:10 pm
Syrian FM: Security talks with Israel are focused on buffer zone, not Golan Heights
Asaad al-Shaibani clarifies negotiations are about IDF presence in border areas that Israeli troops entered after Assad regime’s overthrow, says control of Golan ‘is another issue’
By AFP and ToI Staff
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 30, 2026, 11:23 pm
Syrian government, Kurds agree on integration deal; US hails ‘historic milestone’
Deal will see Syrian Democratic Forces gradually merged into state’s military after Syrian army captured swaths of Kurdish enclaves this month
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa shake hands during their meeting at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on October 15, 2025. (Alexander Zemlianichenko / POOL / AFP)
January 28, 2026, 1:08 pm
Syrian leader to meet Putin for second time, as Russian presence in country dwindles
Sharaa has struck friendly tone with Moscow, but still seeks Assad’s extradition from Russia, where he fled after coup
By AFP
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
Members of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces drive along the border with Syria in the Tarfawi area of northwestern Iraq on January 22, 2026. (Zaid AL-OBEIDI / AFP)
January 22, 2026, 11:50 pm
Iraq says it will start legal proceedings against ISIS detainees moved from Syria
Thousands of detainees from jihadist group are being transferred in US operation, in wake of fighting in Syria between government forces and Kurds
By AFP
Syrian government troops are seen at an abandoned checkpoint between government-controlled Raqqa and Hassakeh, controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in northeastern Syria, January 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)
January 20, 2026, 8:26 pm
Syrian military, Kurdish-led forces announce new truce after collapse of first deal
New four-day ceasefire comes after Syrian military accused SDF guards of abandoning a camp housing thousands of families with ties to ISIS, allowing detainees to escape
By GHAITH ALSAYED and ABBY SEWELL
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) soldiers deploy with armored military vehicles to secure roads leading to Gweiran Prison which houses men accused of being an Islamic State (ISIS) fighters in Hassakeh, northeastern Syria, January 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)
January 20, 2026, 1:11 pm
Syria’s ceasefire with Kurds appears to crumble as clashes resume, ISIS prisoners escape
Talks in Damascus between Sharaa and Kurdish-led SDF collapse, while at least 120 inmates manage to flee Kurdish-controlled prison amid chaos
By Agencies
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
Kurdish fighters stand near burning tires at the entrance to the city of Tabqa in the northern Syrian Raqa province, on January 17, 2026. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
January 18, 2026, 6:53 am
Syrian army extends hold over north, capturing areas held by Kurds for over a decade
Clashes reported as government forces declare capture of Tabqa city; Kurds evacuate homes, say Friday’s formal recognition of minority didn’t go far enough
By Bakr Alkasem and Omar Haj Kadour
Syrian government soldiers carry machine guns as they ride motorcycles on a road leading to the town of Deir Hafer, Syria, January 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
January 17, 2026, 2:38 pm
Syrian government forces enter towns in north after Kurdish fighters withdraw
Two soldiers said killed in latest clash as Damascus and Kurdish-led SDF trade blame for violating agreement that followed deadly fighting in Aleppo
By GHAITH ALSAYED
Women walk by a damaged car in the predominantly Kurdish Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood after days of fighting between government forces and Kurdish fighters in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, January 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
January 13, 2026, 8:09 pm
Syrian army, Kurds exchange fire in area near Aleppo declared closed military zone
Renewed conflict with minorities comes as Syrian Druze leader accuses al-Sharaa government of attempted ‘genocide,’ says his community is ‘inseparable part of Israel’s system’
By AP and ToI Staff
Residents flee from the predominantly Kurdish neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsud and Achrafieh in the city of Aleppo, northern Syria, on January 8, 2026, amid intense clashes between government forces and the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). (OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
January 8, 2026, 5:03 pm
Israel condemns Sharaa regime’s ‘attacks against Kurdish minority’ in Syria’s Aleppo
Syrian government orders residents of contested northern province to flee amid deadly clashes with Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Residents flee the Sheikh Maqsoud and Achrafieh neighborhoods after clashes broke out between Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters in a contested area of the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, January 7, 2026. (AP/Omar Albam)
January 7, 2026, 10:27 pm
Civilians flee Aleppo as clashes between Syrian government and Kurdish forces escalate
Latest clashes are the deadliest so far between the two sides and come as efforts to merge the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces with the national army have shown little progress
By OMAR ALBAM
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