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Fresh Fighting Between Syria and Kurdish SDF After Ceasefire Deal

by Jason Ditz | Jan 19, 2026

Sunday’s ceasefire between the Syrian military and the Kurdish SDF lasted less than 24 hours, following a lot of their recent ceasefires in giving way to immediate new rounds of fighting in the Raqqa Governorate, this time centering on the al-Aqtan Prison. The...

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Sharaa Issues Decree Granting Syrian Kurds Rights, But Kurds Want a Constitutional Guarantee

by Jason Ditz | Jan 18, 2026

With heavy fighting raging between the Syrian military and the Kurdish SDF in the country’s northeast, President Ahmed Sharaa sought to make a concession to the nation’s ethnic Kurdish minority with a new decree enshrining a modicum of rights to them. The decree...

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Ceasefire Reached Between Syria and Kurdish SDF: Sharaa Vows Integration of Kurds

by Jason Ditz | Jan 18, 2026

It’s hardly the first ceasefire between the two sides declared over the last week, but Sunday, the Kurdish SDF and the Syrian government announced another ceasefire, one that President Ahmed al-Sharaa says includes a full integration for the Kurds and much of their...

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Syrian Army Orders Civilians Out of Deir Hafer as Fight With SDF Continues

by Jason Ditz | Jan 14, 2026

Fighting continues in Syria’s Aleppo Governorate east of the city of Aleppo but west of the Euphrates River, as the Syrian military tries to seize the area from the Kurdish SDF forces that have had control over it largely throughout the past decade. The Syrian Army...

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New Clashes Erupt Between Syrian Troops, Kurdish SDF in Eastern Aleppo

by Jason Ditz | Jan 13, 2026

After a week of heavily fighting between the Syrian military and Kurdish SDF in Deir Hafer and the city of Aleppo, a US-brokered ceasefire was reached. Two days later, fighting has erupted yet again, once again in Deir Hafer and areas east of there. The Syrian...

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Kurdish SDF Withdraws Fighters From Aleppo in ‘Partial Ceasefire’ With Syrian Military

by Jason Ditz | Jan 11, 2026

After days of fighting and the sealing off of the Kurdish neighborhoods in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, the last of the SDF has reportedly withdrawn from the city as part of a deal with central government forces, though the SDF maintains it is only a “partial...

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US Carries Out Large-Scale Strikes Against ISIS in Syria

by Jason Ditz | Jan 11, 2026

US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported that they have carried out “large-scale” airstrikes against ISIS in Syria, saying the hit multiple sites belonging to the terror group as part of their commitment to “pursuing terrorists” and in retaliation for the mid-December...

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Syrian Army Declares Curfew in Kurdish Parts of Aleppo, Escalates Crackdown on Neighborhoods

by Jason Ditz | Jan 8, 2026

The Syrian Army’s latest fight with the Kurdish SDF is further escalating today, with the army now not only declaring multiple Kurdish neighborhoods in the city of Aleppo “active military zones” and now imposing daytime curfews on those parts of the city, while firing...

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At Least 11 Civilians Killed, Scores Wounded as Syrian Forces Fight Kurdish SDF in Aleppo

by Jason Ditz | Jan 7, 2026

Tuesday’s fighting in the Aleppo Governorate has escalated into a bigger clash between Syrian security forces and the Kurdish SDF, with the battle spreading to the governorate capital of Aleppo, and the military announcing a “limited military operation” against the...

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US-Brokered Paris Talks between Israel and Syria Result in De-escalation Deal, Intelligence Sharing

by Jason Ditz | Jan 6, 2026

The high-profile Paris talks between Syrian and Israeli officials on Tuesday marked the resumption of direct negotiations under US mediation, and reportedly are going much better than anticipated, with substantial deals already in hand and reports that they will...

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