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Syrian Security Forces Enter Hasakah as SDF Integration Deal Takes Effect

The deployment opens a phased plan to fold Kurdish-led forces into state command, with oil assets and crossings due to shift within 10 days.

Overview

  • Interior Ministry convoys moved into Hasakah under a US-brokered pact, taking positions in state facilities as Kurdish Asayish observed the entry.
  • Security postings began moving toward Kobane and Qamishli, initiating what officials say will be about a month of phased handovers.
  • The agreement mandates transferring oil fields, Qamishli airport and border crossings to Damascus within 10 days and integrating SDF fighters into new brigades, including a Kobane unit tied to Aleppo governorate.
  • A ceasefire continues with planned mutual pullbacks around Kobane, while SDF curfews and large rallies in Qamishli highlight tense local conditions.
  • Iraqi courts opened investigations for 1,387 ISIS suspects recently transferred from Syria by the US military, with thousands more expected to follow.