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Syrian president declares Kurdish a national language

Sharaa also made the Kurdish New Year, Nowruz, which falls on 21 March, an official holiday and granted nationality to Kurds

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17 January, 2026
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SDF to defeat IS within a month, commander says

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25 January, 2019
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'Over 500 bodies' exhumed from mass grave in Raqqa

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27 November, 2018
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Digital activists track US-led airstrikes which destroyed Raqqa

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21 November, 2018
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US coalition raids kill dozens of civilians in Syria

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17 November, 2018
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US coalition airstrike kills 20 IS militants outside Mosul

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09 July, 2018
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US-led coalition denies bombing pro-regime positions in eastern Syria

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18 June, 2018
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Anti-IS coalition airstrikes kill dozens of civilians in Syria

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26 February, 2018
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Trump: almost 100 percent of territory recaptured from IS

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26 January, 2018
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Anti-IS coalition civilian deaths tripled in 2017: monitor

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20 January, 2018
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Australia withdraws fighter jets from Iraq anti-IS squad

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17 January, 2018
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Erdogan threatens to derail US-backed border force in Syria

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15 January, 2018
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Damascus says US-backed Syria 'border force' would be 'traitors'

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15 January, 2018
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'Fewer than 1,000 IS fighters left in Iraq, Syria'

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28 December, 2017
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'Fewer than 3,000 IS fighters' left in Iraq, Syria

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06 December, 2017
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Syrian Kurdish officials back long-term US role in Syria

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16 November, 2017
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First Syrian civilians return to Raqqa after mines cleared

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07 November, 2017
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Abadi raises Iraqi flag in town recaptured from IS

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06 November, 2017
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Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga 'agree on ceasefire'

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27 October, 2017
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SDF forces comb 'ghost city' Raqqa after IS defeat

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19 October, 2017
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IS foreign militants leave Syria's Raqqa under evacuation deal

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15 October, 2017