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Family members of detainees in Al-Aqtan prison on the outskirts of the northeastern Syrian city of Raqa wait outside the facility as they try to have news about their detained relatives on January 21, 2026. The government announced a new ceasefire with the Kurds after taking swathes of north and east Syria that had long been under the control of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The United States, which has long headed an international coalition and backed the Kurds against IS, said the purpose of its alliance with the SDF had largely ended years after they defeated the jihadists. Now, the United States was backing Syria's new Islamist authorities who are seeking to extend their control across the country after years of civil war. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)
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