Syria Announces Ceasefire Agreement with Kurd-Led SDF after Heavy Fighting

The Syrian government has announced a ceasefire has been agreed with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that will involve the withdrawal of the latter’s forces from areas west of the Euphrates River, according to Syrian state media. 
  
Sunday’s deal will also see SDF forces integrate into the Syrian military. 
 
The agreement comes after days of fighting between the Syrian government and the SDF in northeastern Syria. The army and the SDF had been clashing over strategic posts and oilfields along the Euphrates River. 
  
Speaking in Damascus, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said that the agreement will see Syrian state institutions move into three eastern and northern governorates—al-Hasakah, Deir Az Zor, and Raqqa—previously controlled by the SDF. 
   
The agreement stipulates that the SDF administration in charge of ISIL (ISIS) detainees and camps, and the forces guarding the facilities, will be integrated into the country’s state structure, now giving the government full legal and security responsibility. 
   
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