Overview
- President Ahmed ash-Sharaa approved a ceasefire and full integration agreement with Kurdish-led SDF forces.
- SDF commander Mazlum Abdi signed the pact, according to Suriya TV, formalizing the arrangement with Damascus.
- The agreement places Deir ez-Zor and Raqqa under transitional government control and tasks the army with protecting oil and gas fields and all crossings.
- Turkey’s foreign ministry welcomed the accord and said it would keep supporting Damascus on counterterrorism and reconstruction efforts.
- President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told ash-Sharaa by phone that Ankara supports Syria’s fight against terrorism, following recent clashes in Aleppo that highlight implementation risks.