Middle East
Middle East
Syria’s Kurds hand over Aqtan prison with IS detainees in Raqqa to government
Syria's Kurdish forces leave al-Aqtan prison with Islamic State ISIS detainees, Raqqa, Syria, January 22, 2026. Photo: SANA video/via iKurd.net...
After Kurdish pullout, volatile security blocks UN at Syria IS camp
Syrian government Islamist forces guard the al-Hol camp, which holds thousands of relatives of Islamic State ISIS fighters, Hasaka, northern...
Syria’s Kobane, symbol of Kurdish victory over IS, begs for help
Snow blankets the Kurdish city of Kobane as distant gunfire is heard, Aleppo, Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), January 21, 2026. Photo:...
US begins transfer of Islamic State prisoners from Syria to Iraq
Islamic State ISIS militants in Gweran prison in Hasaka, Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), November 2023. Photo: Screengrab/DW video/YT/via iKurd.net US moving...
Rojava and the Refusal That Disrupts History
Protest in support of Kurds and against Syrian government Islamist attacks on Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava) in Sulaimani city, Iraqi Kurdistan...
Erdogan says Syria’s Kurdish forces must lay down arms and disband
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, January 21, 2026. Photo: AK Parti/X ANKARA — Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged Kurdish forces...
Syria government reaches new truce deal with Kurdish forces
Kurdish female member from YPG/YPJ forces guards a protest in Qmiashlo city in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), January 20, 2026 ....
Islamic State detainees’ fate unclear after Damascus reins in Kurds
Islamic State ISIS militants in Gweran prison in Hasaka, Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), November 2023. Photo: Screengrab/DW video/YT/via iKurd.net HASAKA,— The...
Syria’s Rifaat al-Assad dies at 88 in UAE
Rifaat al-Assad, the younger brother of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, France, November 15, 2011. Photo: AP DUBAI,— Rifaat...
Syrian Kurdish forces “compelled to withdraw” from ISIS al-Hol camp: statement
A member of the Kurdish security forces at al-Hol camp, which holds thousands of relatives of Islamic State fighters, in...
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