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Syria's SDF in Beirut discuss Lebanese women in al-Hol camp

Beirut witnessed a flurry of meetings with delegations from Syria this week - both Damascus and the northeast - seeking to solve security-related issues

The New Arab Staff
30 October, 2025
Syrian security forces deploy reinforcements in response to alleged increased activity by the YPG Kurdish militant group in the Deir Hafir area in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, Syria on July 18, 2025.
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Two Syrian soldiers reportedly killed by Kurdish forces

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 October, 2025
Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L) is welcomed by Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on February 2, 2025.
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Syria's Al-Sharaa to visit Saudi Arabia on Monday: report

The New Arab Staff
26 October, 2025
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SDF reports clashes with Syrian government forces in north Syria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 August, 2025
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US Syria envoy, Kurdish leader meet amid Suweida violence

The New Arab Staff
20 July, 2025
Mazloum Abdi arrived in Damascus on Tuesday evening [Getty file image]
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Syrian Kurdish leader meets Sharaa amid doubts over agreement

The New Arab Staff
09 July, 2025
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Outrage after 14-year-old boy 'executed' by SDF fighter in Raqqa

The New Arab Staff
03 July, 2025
Military vehicles that the US military sent as a reinforcement, convoy to the bases controlled by PKK/YPG in Deir ez-Zor province in Syria, on August 13, 2023. (Photo by Omer Al Diri/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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US pulls out of two more bases in Syria, worrying Kurdish forces

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 June, 2025
A member of the Syrian Kurdish Asayish security forces walks past a house during a raid against suspected Islamic State group fighters in Raqa, the jihadist group's former defacto capital in Syria, on January 29, 2023
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Syria Kurdish forces say 3 personnel dead in IS attack

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 June, 2025
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Syria's Kurds to insist on decentralised government in talks: official

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 May, 2025
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Pro-Turkey Syria groups reduce presence in Kurdish area: official

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 April, 2025
A road sign marks the entrance to Kobani, northern Syria
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Syria's Kurdish-led forces blame Turkey for strikes killing nine

The New Arab Staff
17 March, 2025
The SDF is known to rule the territories it occupies with an iron fist, brooking no opposition
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SDF raids homes of Syrian army soldiers despite integration deal

The New Arab Staff
12 March, 2025
Al-Sharaa's deal with the SDF comes amid threats to Syria's sovereignty from within and without
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Syrians celebrate Sharaa-SDF integration deal amid Arab backing

The New Arab Staff
11 March, 2025
Ahmed al-Sharaa and the SDF's commander Mazloum Abdi signed deal to end hostilities [Getty]
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SDF agrees to deal to integrate into Syrian state institutions

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 March, 2025
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PKK disarmament call 'not related to us in Syria': SDF chief

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 February, 2025
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Syrian Kurdish-led forces say Turkish strikes kill 12

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 February, 2025
Al-Hol Syria camp [DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty]
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US aid cuts risk riots, breakouts at Islamic State-linked camps in Syria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 February, 2025
Mazloum Abdi (Kobani), who heads the Kurdish-led, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), speaks during an interview with AFP on October 10, 2023 in Syria's northern city of Al-Hasakeh. (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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SDF wants a secular and civil state in post-Assad Syria: leader

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 February, 2025
Foreign Minister of the Syrian Interim Government Asaad Hassan Al Shibani meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 12 January 2025
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Saudi FM in Damascus for first visit since Assad's ouster

The New Arab Staff
24 January, 2025
Syrian security forces, affiliated with the transitional government, stands guard in a street in the capital Damascus
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Syrian defence minister rejects Kurdish military bloc

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 January, 2025