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A ceasefire between Syria’s military and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has been extended by 15 more days, officials said, hours after the four-day truce expired. Syria’s Defense Ministry said late on Saturday that the extension, which began at 11 pm local time, aims to support a...

Israel said it attacked four crossing points on the Syria-Lebanon border, saying they were used by Hezbollah to smuggle weapons, following earlier attacks on southern Lebanon that killed at least two people and injured almost 20. This latest violence on Wednesday comes despite a U.S.-brokered...

Syrian government forces have entered the vast al-Hol camp, which houses thousands of people linked to ISIL (ISIS), after the withdrawal of Kurdish forces who had been controlling the facility for years. Armored vehicles carrying troops moved into the camp, located in the desert region of Hasakah...

Tensions between the Syrian government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have been escalating, days after they announced a ceasefire, which is being severely tested by renewed fighting, involving the withdrawal of the latter’s forces from areas west of the Euphrates River. Talks in...

The Syrian government has announced a ceasefire has been agreed with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that will involve the withdrawal of the latter’s forces from areas west of the Euphrates River, according to Syrian state media. Sunday’s deal will also see SDF forces integrate into...

Syria’s Ministry of Defense has announced a ceasefire in three neighborhoods of the northern city of Aleppo after days of heavy clashes between the country’s military and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). A fierce exchange of fire extended into the night, with rescue workers scrambling...

Syrian government forces engaged in deadly clashes with Kurdish-led, U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Aleppo governorate, with at least four people killed in artillery fire and gun battles. Syria’s state-run SANA news agency said a soldier was killed and three injured in an...

Syrian authorities imposed an overnight curfew in the coastal city of Latakia following deadly attacks on predominantly Alawite neighborhoods as security tensions rise in the country’s western coastal region. Authorities in Latakia arrested 21 people allegedly linked to ousted leader Bashar al-Assad...

Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have agreed to stop fighting in the northern city of Aleppo, after a wave of attacks left at least two civilians dead and several injured. On Monday, Syria’s state news agency cited the Ministry of Defense as saying the army...

Israeli forces have advanced into the Quneitra area of Syria’s occupied Golan Heights and set up two military checkpoints, an Al Jazeera correspondent on the ground reports. The Israeli military operation on Saturday took place in the villages of Ain Ziwan and al-Ajraf in the southern part of the...