Kurdish-led SDF agrees integration with Syrian government forces
Al Jazeera
The agreement comes after the SDF lost control swaths of territory to the government forces during weeks of fighting.
Syria’s Kurdish-led fighters have reached a comprehensive agreement with the government to integrate with the Syrian army.
The interim government in Damascus has been fighting an offensive in the north of the country against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) over recent weeks as it seeks to consolidate control of the country following the overthrow of longtime leader Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.
However, a ceasefire over the past week or so has resulted in an agreement for a phased integration of the Kurdish military forces into the army on Friday, according to an SDF statement issued on Friday.
Shortly afterwards, Syrian state TV confirmed the agreement, reporting that government officials said it would be implemented immediately.
The army has seized swaths of northern and northeastern territory in the last three weeks from the SDF in a rapid turn of events that has consolidated the leadership of President Ahmed al-Sharaa, after months-long talks between the sides failed to merge the fighters and Kurdish political entities into central institutions.
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