SDF with Kurdish SDF Syrian agrees to integrate with government forces
The President of the country says that a Kurdish-Nedic Military Alliance that controls North-Eastern Syria has agreed to an agreement to integrate all military and civil institutions in the Syrian state.
The agreement states that the US -backed Syrian Democratic Force (SDF) would discontinue enmity and hand over the control of the border positions, airports and vital oil and gas areas of the region.
It also recognizes the Kurdish minority as “an integral part of the Syrian state” and “guarantees the rights of all Syrians for representation and participation in the political process”.
SDF Commander Mazloom Abdi called The Deal, which he signed with interim President Ahmed Al-Sara with “real opportunity to create a new Syria”.
“We are committed to creating a better future that guarantees the rights of all Syrians and fulfills its aspirations for peace and dignity,” he wrote on X on Monday night.
The deal took a major step towards Shara’s goal to unite the fracture country after the rebel of its Sunni Islamic group, which overthrew President Bashar al-Assad in December.
The size of the challenge has been clarified by recent violence in western Syria, where the attacks on security forces by Asad loyalists reprimanded, in which more than 1,000 citizens were allegedly killed, most of them were members of the Alvite sect, the minority of Assad.
The deal can also increase SDF struggle with neighboring Turkey and Turkish -backed Syrian rebel groups, which are trying to push the alliance out of areas near the border.
The SDF, which has tens of thousands of well -armed and well -trained fighters, was not formed with Assad’s rule or opposition during the country’s 13 -year civil war.
It currently controls an area over 46,000 square kilometers (18,000 sq mi) in the northeast, where it defeated the Islamic State (IS) group in 2019, with the help of an American-led coalition.
The SDF plays a major role in the autonomous administration of North and Eastern Syria (AANES), which controls the region which is also known as Roseva.
Around 10,000 IS fighters are being detained in SDF-Nun jails spread throughout the region and about 46,000 others are associated with IS, mostly women and children, held in many camps.
Since the collapse of Assad, SDF has warned that attacks of Turkish-supported groups are forcing it to remove fighters away from protecting prisons and paving the way for ANS revival.
The Turkish government sees the largest militia in SDF, Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) as a terrorist organization. It states that this YPG is an expansion of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) group, which revolted in Turkey for decades, but whose imprisoned leader recently declared a ceasefire.
No immediate comments were made from Türkiye in response to Monday’s agreement.
Between 25 to 35 million Kurds live in a mountainous region on the borders of Türkiye, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Armenia. They form the fourth largest ethnic group in the Middle East, but they have never achieved a permanent nation state.
The Kurds of Syria, which make up about 10% of the population, were suppressed and rejected the basic rights during the rule of the Assad family.
