Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Mesud Barzani said Saturday he welcomes the agreement between the Syrian government and the YPG terror group, operating under the name Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The Syrian Presidency said President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Barzani held a call during which recent developments in Syria were discussed.

Assad, minority groups in Syria have been targeted with violence. The US and other regional powers have largely stayed silent.

QAMISHLI, Syria, Jan 27 (Reuters) - With Syria's Islamist-led government bearing down on Kurdish forces, residents of their last major enclave are on alert, mindful of last year's violence against other minority groups and determined to preserve their self-rule.

Syria's government forces have taken control of a prison housing Islamic State group members in the country's north.

The failure to support the U.S.-backed militia could create an opening for Islamic State, White House allies say.

Across global demonstrations and in thousands of videos posted online, Kurdish women and their allies have begun braiding their hair in honor of a female Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces fighter. Across global demonstrations and in thousands of videos posted online,

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.

A fragile truce reached this week between the Syrian government and Kurdish-led fighters was seen as a blow by many Kurds in their hard-won fight for autonomy.