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Residents of Raqqa take to the streets to celebrate the liberation of the city from the SDF, in Syria, on January 18, 2026.
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Syria's leader agrees truce deal with Kurds after troops advance

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announces a ceasefire deal with Kurdish-led forces as government troops advance across Raqa and Deir Ezzor.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 January, 2026
A Syrian army personnel walks past the flags of People's Defense Units (YPG) installed along a street in Tabqa, in Raqa province, on the southwestern banks of the Euphrates on January 18, 2026. (Photo by Bakr ALkasem / AFP via Getty Images)
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Kurdish commander calls on US to 'intervene forcefully' in Syria clashes

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 January, 2026
Syrian government troops patrol through the streets of Tabqa, in Raqa province, on the southwestern banks of the Euphrates on January 18, 2026. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP via Getty Images)
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Government forces seize major oil, gas fields in eastern Syria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 January, 2026
Syrian President Ahmed Sharaa Meets US Special Envoy Thomas Barrack
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Syria president signs deal with SDF, calls for full ceasefire

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 January, 2026
Barrack is allegedly seeking to deescalate the situation
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US envoy meets SDF chief in Erbil amid Syria tensions

The New Arab Staff
17 January, 2026
In recent days the SDF have withdrawn from areas in Aleppo previously under their control
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Syria Kurdish administration says rights 'don't rest on decrees'

The New Arab Staff
17 January, 2026
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Lebanon-Syria relations
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Lebanon detains Syrian who helped fund pro-Assad fighters

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 January, 2026
Thousands of Syrians gather on the streets of Essen, Germany, on December 7, 2025, and celebrate the anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime. (Photo by Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Germany to raise migrant returns in talks with Syria's Sharaa

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 January, 2026
Members of the Syrian military police stand at a humanitarian crossing declared by the Syrian army in the village of Hamima, in the eastern Aleppo countryside, near the front line with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces on January 15, 2026 in Deir Hafer, east of Aleppo, Syria.
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US moves to defuse Syria–SDF tensions ahead of gov't assault

The New Arab Staff
16 January, 2026
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Spike in PTSD, suicide among Israeli troops after Gaza genocide

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 January, 2026
Syrian authorities seize 2.5 million Captagon pills at Syria-Iraq border
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Syria, Iraq seize 2.5 million captagon pills: interior ministry

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 January, 2026
Sarah Mardini arrives at the criminal court on the opening day of the trial of 24 individuals accused primarily of participation in a criminal organisation, in Mytilene, on the Greek island of Lesbos, on December 4, 2025. (Manolis LAGOUTARIS / AFP)
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Syrian activist Sarah Mardini acquitted of migrant trafficking in Greece

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 January, 2026
Many Syrians have been displaced from Aleppo following the clashes
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Syria prepares major push on Kurdish-held areas near Aleppo

The New Arab Staff
15 January, 2026
Cars and homes are destroyed and burned as a result of fierce clashes inside the city of Sweida between Bedouin tribes and Druze factions, which leave dozens of civilians and soldiers dead and trigger a large wave of displacement from the city in Sweida, Syria, on July 20, 2025.
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Justice failing after Suweida sectarian killings: rights group

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 January, 2026
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Syria airs al-Sharaa interview to dispel 'incitement' claim

The New Arab Staff
15 January, 2026
Syrian government military reinforcements arrive via the international M4 highway to the Dayr Hafir area
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Syrian army issues warning to avoid SDF positions east of Aleppo

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 January, 2026
Fighters of the new Syrian government are deployed from Idlib to Latakia countryside to fight the gunmen loyal to Bashar al-Assad
Lebanon-Syria relations
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Syria asks Lebanon to hand over Assad-era officers

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 January, 2026
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How Assad turned reconstruction into a weapon in Syria

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Usman Butt

14 January, 2026
Syrian Kurds protested in Aleppo amid recent clashes
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Syria's Kurds protest Aleppo clashes amid fear of wider conflict

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 January, 2026
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From Aleppo to Iran: A split-screen moment for Kurdish anxieties

Winthrop Rodgers
13 January, 2026
Hikmat al-Hijri
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Al-Hijri incites against Syria, claims Druze 'part of Israel'

The New Arab Staff
13 January, 2026