Syria tightens grip after Kurds pull back, but Islamic State prisoners escape
Center-right
Irish Independent
Owner: Van Puijenbroek & Baert Families, Thomas Leysen
January 20, 2026
Syria says 120 Daesh detainees escaped prison; Kurdish website said 1,500 escaped
Indeterminate
The Frontier Post
Owner: Afridi Family
Syria tightens grip after IS prisoners flee from prison
Pro-Government
Gulf Daily News Online
Owner: Anwar Abdulrahman & Ronnie Middleton
January 20, 2026
Syria fighting live: Ceasefire under duress as army moves in to Hasakah
Pro-Government
Al Jazeera
Owner: Qatari Government
Syria moves to take over ISIS prisons in Hasakah
Indeterminate
Shafaq News
Owner: Non-transparent
Syria's interim govt, Kurdish-led forces announce truce
Gov't Propaganda
China Daily
Owner: Chinese Government
January 20, 2026
Syria tightens grip after Kurdish pullback and says IS prisoners escaped
Neutral
The Japan Times
Owner: News2u Holdings Corporation
January 20, 2026
Who are Syria’s Kurdish-led fighters and what did they agree to with Damascus?
Center-right
Firstpost
Owner: Mukesh Ambani
January 20, 2026
Shamima Begum security fears as 1,500 Islamic State terrorists escape from Syria jail
Right-wing
Daily Express
Owner: Reach PLC
120 Islamic State detainees escaped prison: Syria
Indeterminate
BDNews24
Owner: Toufique Imrose Khalidi & Asif Mahmood
January 19, 2026
Al-Sharaa and Trump affirm the unity of Syria, guarantee the rights of the Kurds and cooperation against ISIS
Indeterminate
Zaman Al Wsl
Owner: Fathi Ibrahim Bayoud
January 20, 2026
Syria: Sharaa, Trump discuss Kurdish rights, forces in northeast
Indeterminate
The New Arab
Owner: Maayed Ahmed Saleem Dib & Mohammad Muhddin Suleiman Almasri
January 20, 2026
Syria tightens grip after Kurdish pullback
Neutral
Business Recorder
Owner: Zuberi Family
The U.S. Engagement in Iraq and Syria and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Right-wing
Assyrian International News Agency
Owner: Firas Jatou & Peter BetBasoo
January 20, 2026
‘My friend, I don’t understand’: Macron questions Trump’s Greenland move, calls for Switzerland talks with Russia, Syria
Neutral
Mint
Owner: Shobhana Bhartia
January 20, 2026
French journalist arrested in Istanbul during protest in support of Kurds in Syria
Neutral
BGNES
Owner: Lyubcho Neshkov
January 20, 2026
Syria says 120 Islamic State detainees escaped prison; Kurdish website said 1,500 escaped
Pro-Government
The Straits Times
Owner: Ong Beng Seng & Singaporean Government
Nineveh–Syria border 100% protected, governor says
Indeterminate
Shafaq News
Owner: Non-transparent
Source: No breakthrough in Syria-SDF talks
Indeterminate
Shafaq News
Owner: Non-transparent
January 20, 2026
IS fighters flee prison as Syria's army clashes with SDF
Public Broadcaster
Deutsche Welle
Owner: German Government