The Syrian Government Has Reached An Agreement With The Kurds
- 30.01.2026, 23:39
Their rights were recognized, and their units would be absorbed into the army of the state.
The Syrian government has reached an agreement with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-led alliance of national militias. Kurdish militias and institutions will be gradually integrated into government structures, reports SAF.
The US ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack called the agreement "a fundamental and historic milestone on Syria's path to national reconciliation, unity and sustainable stability."
This was preceded by weeks of fighting. Syrian forces managed to recapture vast areas in the northeast of the country that had been under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces for more than 10 years. After major territorial losses, the alliance agreed to a ceasefire that brought much of the territory under government control, but clashes continued.
According to an earlier 14-point agreement, the new treaty provides for the withdrawal of SDF forces from the line of contact, the entry of their fighters into the Syrian army and state structures, and the integration of SDF administrative and civilian bodies into the state system.
The SDF said its fighters will form three brigades that will be integrated into the Syrian army and state structures. The SDF said in a statement issued in X that an agreement had been reached on the civil and educational rights of the Kurdish population, and displaced people would be allowed to return home.
Damascus will take over prisons and oil and gas fields under SDF control under the agreement. Syrian troops had previously already taken control of the Omar facility, the country's largest oil field, after the SDF withdrew from those positions. Earlier, the army captured the strategically important Tabqa Dam on the Euphrates River.
The Kurds made a significant contribution to the defeat of the "Islamic State" and subsequently controlled nearly a third of Syria's territory with US support. In December 2024, after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime, which ended a 13-year civil war, the SDF retained control of territories in northeastern Syria for some time.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former rebel leader, promised to unite the divided country. Back in March 2025, an integration deal was signed between his government and the SDF, but the deal has stalled and the sides have blamed each other for derailing it.