Overview
- President Ahmad Al‑Shar’ announced and signed an immediate, comprehensive cease-fire with the SDF covering all front lines.
- The SDF is to pull back east of the Euphrates as an initial step, with fighters and security personnel integrated individually into the Defense and Interior ministries after security vetting.
- Damascus will assume control of all oil and gas fields and border crossings, with state institutions taking over administration in Raqqa and Deir ez‑Zor and civil bodies in Hassakeh merged into government structures.
- Provisions include recognition of Kurdish cultural and language rights, the appointment of a new Hassakeh governor, demilitarization measures in Ayn al‑Arab/Kobani, and the removal of non‑Syrian PKK elements from Syria.
- Implementation is already in motion and contested, with Interior Ministry units deploying in Tabqa, reports of localized clashes and casualties persisting, and U.S. officials both urging a halt to offensive moves and engaging Damascus, including a meeting between envoy Tom Barrack and Al‑Shar’.