Tracking the World, One Axis at a Time
France’s foreign minister said Thursday that sustaining the fight against ISIS group is an “absolute priority” for Paris, after meeting his Syrian counterpart in Damascus. – Jean-Noel Barrot is on…
Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Sunday announced a curfew early next week in two cities in the country’s northeast, ahead of the implementation of a recent deal struck with…
Syria’s government and Kurdish forces on Saturday extended their truce by 15 days, with Damascus saying it was to support the US transfer of ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq.…
The Syrian government and Kurdish forces have agreed to extend a ceasefire set to expire Saturday, as part of a broader deal on the future of Kurd-majority areas. – On…
Syria’s army on Wednesday entered the country’s vast al-Hol detention camp that houses relatives of suspected ISIS extremists, from which Kurdish forces withdrew the day before. – Al-Hol, located in…
Syria and the main Kurdish fighting force struck a wide-ranging deal to bring Kurdish civilian and military authorities under central government control on Sunday, ending days of fighting in which…
Syria’s army has taken control of swathes of the country’s north, dislodging Kurdish forces from territory over which they held effective autonomy for more than a decade. – The government…