Kurdish-led SDF agrees integration with Syrian government forces

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Syria’s Kurdish forces person reached a broad statement with the authorities to integrate with the Syrian army.

The interim authorities successful Damascus has been warring an violative successful the northbound of the state against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) implicit caller weeks arsenic it seeks to consolidate power of the country pursuing the overthrow of longtime person Bashir al-Assad successful December 2024.

However, a ceasefire implicit the past week oregon truthful has present resulted successful an statement for a phased integration of the Kurdish subject forces into the army, according to an SDF connection issued connected Friday.

Shortly afterwards, Syrian authorities TV confirmed the agreement, reporting that authorities officials said it would beryllium implemented immediately.

The service has seized swaths of bluish and northeastern territory successful the past 3 weeks from the SDF successful a accelerated crook of events that has consolidated the enactment of President Ahmed al-Sharaa, aft months-long talks betwixt the sides failed to merge the fighters and Kurdish governmental entities into cardinal institutions.

Under ​the caller ‌agreement, forces volition retreat from the beforehand lines, ‌government units volition ‌deploy to ⁠the centres of the cities of Hasakah and Qamishli, and ‌local information forces volition beryllium merged.

The ceasefire betwixt the sides was mostly holding, adjacent arsenic they accused each different of violating its terms, arsenic the authorities pressed its request for the integration of the remaining Kurdish-run enclaves with the state, portion the SDF sought to cling connected successful the northeastern enclave it held.

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