Kurdish-Led SDF Agrees Integration with Syrian Government Forces

Syria’s Kurdish-led forces have reached a comprehensive agreement with the government to integrate with the Syrian army. 
  
The interim government in Damascus has been fighting an offensive in the north of the country against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) over recent weeks as it seeks to consolidate control of the country following the overthrow of longtime leader Bashar al-Assad in December 2024. 
 
However, a ceasefire over the past week or so has developed into an agreement for a phased integration of the Kurdish military forces into the army, according to an SDF statement issued on Friday. 
  
Shortly afterwards, Syrian state TV confirmed the agreement, which will also see the gradual integration of Kurdish civil institutions into state structures, reporting that government officials said it would be implemented immediately. 
  
The agreement follows the army’s seizure of swaths of northern and northeastern territory in the last three weeks from the SDF. 
 
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