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Syrian gives SDF members Feb deadline to return to civilian life

Damascus has urged SDF members to attend regularisation centres where they can hand over weapons and formally return to civilian life.

The New Arab Staff
Adnan Ali
16 February, 2026
Syrian security forces start entering Qamishli as part of agreement with SDF
Syria
MENA
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Syria govt forces enter Qamishli under agreement with Kurds

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 February, 2026
Syrian Interior Ministry convoy moves towards SDF-controlled Hasakeh in northeast
Syria
MENA
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Syrian security forces enter Hassakeh city under deal with Kurds

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 February, 2026
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) member flashes the V for victory sign during a demonstration by Syrian Kurds in the city of Hasakeh in northeastern Syria, on February 1, 2026 (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP via Getty Images)
Syria
MENA
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Curfew in northeast Syria city awaiting entry of govt forces

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 February, 2026
Mourners attend the funeral of members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), killed during clashes with the Syrian army, in Qamishli, northeastern Syria, on January 28, 2026. (Photo by Amjad Kurdo / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)
Syria
MENA
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Thousands of Kurds rally in northeast Syria in show of solidarity

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 February, 2026
In recent days the SDF have withdrawn from areas in Aleppo previously under their control
Syria
MENA
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Kurdish-led SDF agrees to integrate with Syrian gov't forces

The New Arab Staff
30 January, 2026
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Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Russia withdrawing troops from airport in northeast Syria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 January, 2026
A YPG fighter in an armoured vehicle seen on a frontline position January 24, 2026 in Al Hasakah, Syria. (Photo by Ethan Swope/Getty Images)
Syria
MENA
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Life-saving aid reaches Kurdish-majority town in north Syria: UN

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 January, 2026
A member of the Iraqi border forces surveys the area near a concrete wall along the Iraqi-Syrian border, in the town of al-Baghuz in the Al-Qaim district of western Iraq, on January 21, 2026 (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)
Iraq
MENA
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Iraq says it will prosecute IS militants being moved from Syria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 January, 2026
SDF troops gathered in Ain al-Arab after recent clashes
Syria
MENA
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Syria: SDF 'massacres' 21 people near Kobane

The New Arab Staff
24 January, 2026
The extension of the ceasefire is meant to allow for the integration of the SDF into the Syrian security forces
Syria
MENA
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Syria and SDF 'extend ceasefire deadline' amid US mediation

The New Arab Staff
24 January, 2026
Women and children, relatives of suspected Islamic State jihadists, sit near a wall inside Al-Hol camp in the desert region of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on January 21, 2026. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP via Getty Images)
Syria
MENA
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Volatile security blocks UN from Syria IS-linked camp: UNHCR

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 January, 2026
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World
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Stabbings at Kurdish demo in Belgium wound six

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 January, 2026
Members of ISIS, released by the SDF, are seen at Shaddadi Prison in Al Hasakah, Syria on January 20, 2026
Syria
MENA
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US to complete transfer of IS detainees in Syria to Iraq soon

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 January, 2026
This photo taken on January 22, 2026 shows a Syrian Democratic Forces fighter that took position to secure the frontline and the areas near the prison where IS detainees are held in Hasakeh.
Syria
MENA
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UN says 134,000 displaced in northeast Syria after clashes

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 January, 2026
Thomas Barrack, nominee to be U.S. ambassador to Turkey, testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Tuesday, April 1, 2025
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MENA
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US envoy calls for Syria truce to be upheld

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 January, 2026
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Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Iraq moves to try IS detainees as Damascus-SDF truce frays

The New Arab Staff
22 January, 2026
Syrian President Al-Sharaa Signs Ceasefire Agreement with Kurdish Fo
Syria
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Should Kurdish freedom be sacrificed for Syria’s centralisation?

Joseph Daher

Joseph Daher

21 January, 2026
Members of Syrian security forces stand guard at the entrance of the Al-Hol camp in the desert region of Hasakeh province
Syria
MENA
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Syrian army enters Al-Hol camp holding relatives of IS militants

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 January, 2026
Clashes continue between the Syrian army and YPG who refuse to hand over Aktan Prison
Syria
MENA
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Syria's Sharaa gives SDF four days on plan for integration

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 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)
Syria
MENA
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Kurdish commander calls on US to 'intervene forcefully' in Syria clashes

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 January, 2026