Overview

• Several senior U.S. diplomats working on Syria were abruptly told their tours were ending in recent days at the Syria Regional Platform in Istanbul, according to multiple sources.
• Middle East Eye reports three officials were reassigned, including SRP director Nick Granger, with disagreements over the Syrian Democratic Forces cited, while a U.S. diplomatic source told Reuters the moves were a reorganisation.
• The State Department declined to discuss personnel decisions and said core staff working on Syria continue to operate from multiple locations.
• Special envoy Tom Barrack is urging the Kurdish-led SDF to implement a 10 March agreement with President Ahmed al-Sharaa for integration into Syrian national security forces.
• Some SDF leaders resist full integration and advocate decentralized governance, even as Barrack advances diplomacy in Damascus, including a plan he said would support equal rights for the Druze minority.