Syrian government agrees deal to integrate Kurdish forces

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The Syrian government has said that they have reached an agreement to integrate the Kurdish-dominated armed party in the state establishment, which is a significant progress for the interim administration because it is trying to increase control over the broken country.

The fate of the Syrian Democratic Force, which is estimated to be on its salaries, has more than 000,6 warriors and controls a swat northeast of the country, which was one of the most important challenges of the new authority’s efforts to unite the Arab nation and its security forces.

The agreement signed after a meeting between interim President Ahmed Al-Sharai and SDF leader Majlum Abdi on Monday called for a nationwide ceasefire and US-backed SDF citizens and military wings to be integrated into the state, a Syrian president said.

If the deal holds it will bring a larger zone Syria Under the Shariah government, including crossing the border with important oils and gasfields in the northeast. This agreement should also reduce the risk of further violence and simplify a long-inflammatory friction between Türkiye and the United States.

Since then, Bashar al-Assad led by the rebel aggressive leadership in December has been working to persuade numerous armed groups to integrate the armed groups into a national security force. However the fragility of the nation was undercarded by days Communal violence Last week, Assad was triggered by the attacks on government security forces by loyalists.

Coastal cities were killed in violence in the vicinity of Latakia and fluent cities, which contained many residences from the Alawet sector, where Assads were included.

The SDF has controlled a tract in the northeast for years, where Washington has been armed and trained in the United States after its main local partner in the fight against ISIS.

The Kurdish-dominated movement has exploited the Syrian Civil War chaos to take about 20 percent control of the Arab nation. However, its presence in the border with Turkey has long spread Ankara, which considers the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a separatist group that fought against the four -decade uprising against the Turkish state.

Türkiye has launched at least three attacks in Syria since 20 2016 to bring the SDF back from its boundaries and to armed armed and trained Syrian teams in the face of Kurdish militants.

After the fall of Assad, Türkiye – which has emerged as The most influential foreign actor The Syria-zor gave that the breakdown of the SDF and its non-Syrian fighters left the country, or face more military aggressive threats.

Turkish -backed Syrian parties were alliance with Sharra’s government after the collapse of the Assad regime late last year, a clash with SDF in the north.

Western anxiety about ISIS trying to use security vacuum to mount jihadi activity in the SDF agreement should also simplify Western concerns about ISIS.

Thousands of ISIS fighters and their families were imprisoned and camps, and if the Kurdish-led militants were involved in further fighting, concerns about the protection of the convenience increased.

PKK Founder Founder Abdullah Eklan’s 10 days later issued a statement to his group announcement of the agreement between Shara and SDF Thrown their armThe

The terms of the agreement are meant to be applied at the end of the year.