Syrian defence ministry says extension aims to help transfer of ISIS prisoners from facilities previously held by SDF.

Turkey is celebrating the latest developments in Syria, where the new government has effectively defeated a major Kurdish-led force with an abrupt offensive.

Sen. Lindsey Graham and former Secretary Mike Pompeo warn of dire threats to Syrian Kurds as Syrian forces attack Kurdish-controlled territory in northern Syria.

Syrian government forces have entered Raqqa as part of their ongoing push against Kurdish-led forces in eastern Syria

Questions have emerged over the fate of thousands of Islamic State prisoners in northeastern Syria after government forces seized swaths of territory long controlled by Kurdish forces who had been guarding the prisons.

Syria’s government and Kurdish-led forces in the country’s northeast have clashed as President Ahmed al-Sharaa seeks to extend his authority across the entire country.

However, the SDF was led by the main Kurdish fighting force in Syria, the People’s Protection Units, known as the YPG. The dominant role of Kurdish fighters in the alliance remained a concern for the majority Sunni Arab factions and their regional backers, and internal clashes broke out on several occasions.

Syria chaos sparks ISIS security crisis as 150 detainees relocated to Iraq amid prison breaks. Kurdish forces withdraw from detention facilities.

The new deal also calls for a cease-fire. Government forces have taken strategic assets from the militia in recent days, weakening the force.

BEHIND THE LINES: As Syrian forces push into Kurdish regions, the Syrian Democratic Council calls for urgent global intervention to prevent a massacre.