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Syria, Kurds ink deal to extend truce
Bangkok Post
|January 26, 2026
Pause to facilitate IS detainees’ transfer
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Members of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces arrive at the Kurdish-held city of Ain al-Arab, on Friday, after they withdrew from the Al-Aqtan prison in Raqqa province.
(AFP)
Syria's government and Kurdish forces extended their truce by 15 days, with Damascus saying it was to support the US transfer of Islamic State group detainees from Syria to Iraq.
Several sources had earlier told AFP the truce would be prolonged, with a Syrian official in Damascus citing the same reason.
In a statement, the Syrian defence ministry said the 15-day extension would take effect at 11pm on Saturday.
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