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Damascus and Kurdish-Led SDF Seal Deal to Integrate Forces and Administrations

The published text formalizes a permanent truce under U.S. and French-backed mediation.

Overview

  • The agreement details the incorporation of three SDF brigades in Hasakeh and a separate brigade for Kobane into the Syrian army through staged integration.
  • Government security forces are set to deploy in Hasakeh and Qamishli as both sides pull fighters back from front lines.
  • State authorities will assume control of civilian institutions and border crossings, with current employees kept in place.
  • U.S. envoy Tom Barrack praised the deal and France welcomed its implementation, while Kurdish negotiator Elham Ahmad said Washington and Paris are guarantors of the ceasefire.
  • Analysts warn the text is vague on administrative and security decentralization, leaving key sequencing to further talks after a swift government advance reshaped control in the northeast.