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Syria and SDF Finalize Ceasefire as Damascus Moves to Reassert Control in Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor and Hasakah

Implementation now focuses on vetting fighters, securing ISIS detention sites, transferring energy assets.

A drone view shows the Conoco gas plant after it came under the control of the Syrian government following the withdrawal of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in the countryside of Deir al-Zor, Syria, January 19, 2026. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
Conoco gas plant after it came under the control of the Syrian government following the withdrawal of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in the countryside of Deir al-Zor, Syria, January 19, 2026. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
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Overview

  • SDF commander Mazloum Abdi publicly accepted the truce and is set to meet President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus after a weather delay.
  • A 14-point deal provides for vetted SDF personnel to join the defense and interior ministries as individuals and for state control over civilian institutions, border crossings, and oil and gas fields.
  • Syrian forces consolidated positions in Raqqa and at the al-Omar oilfield and Conoco gas plant in Deir ez-Zor, with Reuters witnessing government checkpoints and deployments.
  • Damascus will assume responsibility for prisons and camps holding ISIS detainees and families, though the timetable for those handovers was not announced.
  • U.S. envoy Tom Barrack called the agreement a turning point, while Turkey welcomed terms that include expelling non-Syrian PKK-linked figures from SDF ranks.