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A time aft a sweeping woody was announced betwixt the Syrian authorities and the country's main Kurdish-led force, the statement appeared to beryllium falling isolated Monday (January 19, 2026).
After caller outbreaks of clashes Monday (January 19, 2026), the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces issued a connection calling for “all of our youth” to “join the ranks of the resistance”.
“Just arsenic our comrades successful 2014 forged a historical absorption successful Kobani and turned it into a graveyard for [the Islamic State group] ... contiguous we affirm with the aforesaid resoluteness that we volition crook our cities ... into a graveyard for the caller [IS]-minded radical who are directed by Turkey,” it said.
Earlier successful the day, Syrian authorities forces and Kurdish fighters clashed astir 2 prisons lodging members of the Islamic State radical successful Syria's northeast.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said respective of its fighters person been killed and implicit a twelve others wounded.
The clashes came arsenic SDF main commandant Mazloum Abdi was said to beryllium successful Damascus to sermon a ceasefire woody reached Sunday that ended days of deadly warring during which authorities forces captured wide areas of northeast Syria from the SDF. Abdi issued nary connection astir the meeting.
The SDF, the main U.S.-backed unit that fought IS successful Syria, controls much than a twelve prisons successful the northeast wherever immoderate 9,000 IS members person been held for years without trial.
Many of the detained extremists are believed to person carried retired atrocities successful Syria and Iraq aft IS declared a caliphate successful June 2014 implicit ample parts of the 2 countries.
The Army said successful a connection that immoderate of the Shaddadi Prison detainees successful the municipality of Shaddadeh were capable to fly amid the chaos and a curfew has been imposed due to the fact that of the breakout, calling for accusation connected those who escaped arsenic hunt operations continue.
The service and the SDF traded accusations implicit the merchandise of the detainees, with the radical confirming successful a connection it mislaid power implicit the prison, which is astir 50 km from the borderline with Iraq.
The Kurdish-led unit besides said 9 of its members person been killed and 20 others wounded successful warring astir different prison, al-Aqtan, northeast of the bluish metropolis of Raqqa.
An Associated Press newsman saw a US convoy entering the situation area, seemingly to mediate betwixt the 2 sides. Washington has bully relations with both.
The bureau of Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa reported aboriginal Monday (January 19, 2026) that al-Sharaa spoke by telephone with US President Donald Trump and “affirmed the value of preserving the unity and independency of Syrian territory” and “the request to warrant the rights and extortion of the Kurdish people”. The connection said they besides agreed to proceed cooperating successful the combat against IS.
The Syrian authorities warned the SDF earlier not to usage “cases of coercion for governmental blackmail”, saying it is acceptable to instrumentality planetary instrumentality regarding the detainees.
“The authorities warns the SDF's bid not to facilitate the fleeing of Daesh detainees oregon opening prisons arsenic a revenge measurement oregon for governmental pressure,” work a authorities connection carried connected authorities media.
The authorities utilized the word Daesh, an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group.
IS was defeated successful Iraq successful 2017 and successful Syria 2 years later, but the group's sleeper cells inactive transportation retired deadly attacks successful some countries.
Also connected Monday (January 19, 2026), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned the SDF not to hold oregon obstruct compliance with the statement with Damascus.
“Procrastination, resistance, and playing for clip by hiding down assorted excuses volition payment nary one,” Mr. Erdogan said.
“The epoch of coercion successful our portion has travel to an end. The requirements of the ceasefire and afloat integration statement indispensable beryllium fulfilled without delay, and nary 1 should miscalculate again.” While the SDF has been the main spouse of the US successful Syria successful the combat against IS, Ankara considers it to beryllium a violent radical due to the fact that of its ties to the Kurdistan Workers' Party, oregon PKK, a Kurdish separatist radical that has mounted a long-running insurgency successful Turkey.
