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Kurdish refugees flee Syria as government forces gain ground
Over 500 Kurdish families have fled Syria amid escalating clashes between Syrian government forces and Kurdish-led groups, as fears grow over the potential collapse of the SDF. The rapid advance of Syrian government forces in Syria and the retreat of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces has led to Kurdish families fleeing the fighting.

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Battle between Kurds, Syria government raises fears of war
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Syrian government launches assault on Aleppo’s Kurdish neighborhoods
Raqqa residents celebrate Syria government ceasefire deal with SDF
Hundreds of Syrians gathered in Al-Naim Square in Raqqa on Sunday to celebrate a ceasefire agreement and the entry of government forces into the city's province.

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Syria agrees ceasefire with Kurdish-led forces after two weeks of clashes
Syria and Kurdish forces agree to ceasefire, President Sharaa says
Syria government, Kurdish forces agree sweeping integration to end clashes
The terms of the deal appeared to be a major blow for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which ran a semi-autonomous region in Syria's northeast for more than a decade.

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Syria's government faces pivotal moment against SDF, as it retakes largest oil field
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Syria live: Deadly fighting breaks out after SDF-government ceasefire
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Rojava’s Cizire Canton declares general mobilization despite ceasefire with Damascus

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Despite a ceasefire agreement between Damascus and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), authorities in northern Syria’s Cizire Canton, which includes Hasaka province,

The Kurdish dream of autonomy in Syria ends

Under pressure from advancing government forces, the head of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Mazloum Abdi, signed an agreement with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa formalizing the restoration of Damascus's authority over northeastern Syria.

What happens to ISIS detainees as Syria moves to take over SDF prisons - analysis

Amid fighting there are concerns ISIS detainees held in Syria could escape, while a deal foresees them being handed over to Damascus
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Over 500 displaced families arrive in Rojava amid escalation: Official

More than 500 Kurdish families displaced from areas west of the Euphrates River have arrived in northeastern Syria (Rojava) as fighting escalates between the Damascus-affiliated forces and the Kurdish-led forces,
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Northern Syria on the Brink: Why the Kurds Matter to Israel and the Region

The tragedy unfolding in northern Syria is not new. It’s a pattern that repeats when the world turns away. Today, the Kurds are once again facing threats from Islamist extremists, and history shows that such crises rarely stay contained.
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