Links to a report and an article of commentary: from the Cradle and  the Assocated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (Scroll down for SYRIA 1-19-26 and today’s GAZA so far.) — MCM

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Syrian forces enter Al-Hawl Camp, set free thousands of ISIS members. From the Cradle. The Syrian military has entered Hasakah governorate’s Al-Hawl Camp, which for around a decade housed tens of thousands of ISIS prisoners and their families including foreigners who entered Syria illegally to join the U.S.-backed war against former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s government. READ MORE . . .

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A U.S. shift marked Kurdish-led forces’ fall from power in Syria, by Abby Sewell | AP  BEIRUT — Two tumultuous weeks saw the fall from power in Syria of the Kurdish-led force that was once the main U.S. partner there, as Washington shifts its backing to the country’s nascent government. READ MORE . . .

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