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QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) announced on Sunday that it has withdrawn all its fighters from Turkish territory, a move the group described as “historic” and part of advancing the ongoing peace process…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – A British man who traveled to Syria to fight for an armed group linked to al-Qaeda was sentenced to nine years in prison following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command,…

DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – The Ministry of Interior of the Syrian transitional government announced on Saturday the arrest of a former officer and militia leader affiliated with the al-Assad regime in the city of Aleppo, northwestern…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The White House is pressing Congress to repeal the remaining Caesar sanctions on Syria, arguing that maintaining them could undermine the country’s transitional government led by President Ahmad al-Sharaa. …

DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced on Friday that the number of Syrian refugees who have returned from Lebanon to Syria has reached 300,000 since the beginning of 2025. …

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Saturday the killing of two of its fighters in separate incidents in eastern Syria’s Deir ez-Zor countryside. In an official statement, the SDF said that…

By Jwan Shekaki QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The Syrian transitional government has quietly cancelled Kurdish language education in schools across the Afrin region, northwestern Syria, in what local observers describe as another…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) called for urgent international efforts to rebuild Syria after 14 years of conflict, warning that delayed reconstruction could deepen instability across the…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for five attacks targeting the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) over the past week in Deir ez-Zor countryside, eastern Syria, resulting in casualties and…

QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – A man was killed and two others were injured on Friday when a landmine exploded in their vehicle on the Palmyra–Deir ez-Zor road, in southern Deir ez-Zor countryside. A North Press correspondent in Deir…