MENA Theater Update, 21 Jan. 2026

On 19-20 January 2026, the Syrian government’s forces widened and consolidated their control over the northeast Syria, except for the core ethnic territory of the Syrian Kurds.

By the evening of 20 January, the government and the Syrian Kurds reached a ceasefire agreement envisioning re-integration of the Kurdish areas into the Syrian state, with a number of mitigating clauses in favor of the Kurds.

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