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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...

On Monday, thousands of Syrians took to the streets to celebrate the anniversary of Assad’s fall. The country is struggling to heal a year after the Assad dynasty’s repressive 50-year reign came to an end following 14 years of civil war that left an estimated half a million people dead, millions...

Syria has launched the trial of the first of hundreds of suspects for their role in deadly clashes earlier this year that killed hundreds in the country’s coastal provinces. Syrian state media reported on Tuesday that 14 people were brought before Aleppo’s Palace of Justice following a months-long...

Syria’s government has declared a ceasefire between its security forces and Kurdish fighters in the northern city of Aleppo, after at least one person was killed and four people were injured in overnight violence. Murhaf Abu Qasra, Syria’s minister of defense, announced the ceasefire on Tuesday...

Syria has published the results of its first parliamentary election since the government of former President Bashar al-Assad was toppled, revealing that most new members of the revamped People’s Assembly are Sunni Muslim and male. Electoral commission spokesperson Nawar Najmeh told a press...