Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 16:00 GMT on January 19, 2026.

The US threatens to reimpose Caesar sanctions on Syria over the crackdown on SDF, a report says.

Syrian regime forces have carried out a large-scale offensive against Aleppo’s Kurdish neighborhoods controlled by forces linked to the US-backed SDF.

Israeli forces have abducted five young Syrian men during an incursion in the country’s southwestern province of Quneitra.

Gunmen linked to Syria’s ruling HTS regime have abducted prominent American journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem following his criticism of the country's new rulers.

Intense fighting has erupted in Syria’s southern province of Sweida between members of a Druze group and armed elements affiliated with Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and its allies, leaving several individuals wounded, report say.

Lebanon's parliament speaker has criticizing repeated remarks by US Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack against the Lebanese nation.