Defense minister calls on SDF to ‘immediately stop these arbitrary arrests and release all detainees’ - Anadolu Ajansı

Syria’s army has taken control of a large part of the country that had been under the Kurdish-led SDF, with a four-day ceasefire between the two sides in place. Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith explains that a shift in the US’s stance has played a major role.

The move comes as fighting intensifies between the Kurdish-led fighters and forces loyal to the government of President Ahmad al-Sharaa.

Chaos around prisons holding ISIS detainees in Syria is highlighting security risks for U.S. forces in the region.

"We've requested and demanded guarantees, but as always, the U.S. does not give any," the SDF's political co-chair told Newsweek.

US Envoy Tom Barrack says the Syrian government is taking the SDF’s former position as the ‘anti-ISIS (ISIL)’ force.

In the space of two days, the Syrian military, aided by tribal militia, has driven Kurdish forces from wide swathes of northern Syria that they have held for more than a decade.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraqi Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani traveled on Wednesday to the Iraq-Syria border to assess security conditions, according to a statement from his office.

The Syria security crisis escalates as Kurdish-led forces withdraw from strategic detention centers holding thousands of Islamic State suspects and their families