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Kurdish forces withdraw from IS detention camp in north-east Syria
ByWilliam Christou January 20, 2026January 20, 2026

US says it no longer supports SDF, which left camp as it loses swathes of territory to government forcesKurdish-led forces in Syria have announced a withdrawal from a detention camp in north-east Syria housing tens of thousands of Islamic State-linked …

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I am in Iran watching the protests and desperate for change. But I don’t believe the regime will fall | Anonymous
ByAnonymous January 20, 2026

I wish I were wrong, but all I see is a paranoid state digging inIran is caught in yet another round of widespread civil unrest. These lines are written amid an internet blackout and I didn’t know if I’d be able to send them out. Ever since the 2009 po…

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Out of the ruins: will Aleppo ever be rebuilt?
ByGhaith Abdul-Ahad January 20, 2026

Years of civil war have turned whole areas of the city into rows of empty husks. But after the fall of Assad, Syrians have returned to their old homes determined to rebuildThe kebab stall stood in the shadow of a building whose three upper floors had b…

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More than 100 Islamic State inmates escape jail amid clashes in north-east Syria
ByLorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem and Dan Sabbagh in London January 19, 2026January 20, 2026

Two sides blame each other for release of inmates, as Syria’s president looks to gain control of north-eastMore than 100 inmates have escaped from a Syrian jail holding Islamic State prisoners amid clashes in the north-east of the country after an agre…

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Kremlin says Putin has been invited to join Trump’s Gaza ‘board of peace’
ByJulian Borger, senior international correspondent January 19, 2026January 19, 2026

Dmitry Peskov says Russia is seeking to ‘clarify all the nuances’ of Washington’s apparent offer before respondingThe Kremlin has announced that Vladimir Putin has been invited to join Donald Trump’s “board of peace”, set up last week with the intentio…

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Teenager among Iranian protesters sexually assaulted in custody, rights group says
ByDeepa Parent January 19, 2026

Two people detained in Kermanshah, including 16-year-old, tell group they were subjected to sexual abuse during arrestA 16-year-old was among protesters sexually assaulted in custody by the security forces in Iran during the nationwide uprising that ha…

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Iran warns attack on Khamenei would be declaration of war
ByLorenzo Tondo and Deepa Parent January 18, 2026

President issues warning amid speculation Donald Trump plans to assassinate or remove supreme leaderIran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, warned on Sunday that any attack on the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would be a declaration of…

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Israel far-right ministers reject US-backed postwar Gaza panel
ByLorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem January 18, 2026

Finance minister says Netanyahu should back annexation and settlement, and attacks Turkey and Qatar’s role on Gaza ‘executive board’Far-right members of Israel’s governing coalition on Sunday rejected a US-backed plan for postwar governance in Gaza, cr…

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Iran cannot be bombed into democracy. But it can be helped to find its way there | Simon Tisdall
BySimon Tisdall January 18, 2026

Independent media, civil society, the rule of law – these are the things that Iranians truly need. And there are ways for the west to help secure themSoon after becoming president in 2017, Donald Trump ordered an attack on an Islamic State (IS) undergr…

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Syrian army surges into Kurdish-held towns in ‘betrayal’ shattering prospects of accord
ByGuardian staff with Reuters and Agence France-Presse in Deir Hafar January 18, 2026

Government extends grip on north after stalled efforts under Ahmed al-Sharaa to reach accommodation with Kurds and fold their forces into national army Syria’s army has taken control of swathes of the country’s north, dislodging Kurdish forces from ter…

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