Syria: Kurdish-led SDF agrees ceasefire deal with government

According to the agreement with the Syrian government, the SDF will withdraw from the front lines. Then, government troops will enter Hasaka and Qamishli, and local security forces will merge.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Friday that they had agreed to a comprehensive ceasefire and the gradual integration of military and administrative bodies into the Syrian state.

The Syrian government confirmed the deal to the Reuters news agency.

This announcement follows recent clashes in which government troops seized most of the territory that the SDF had controlled in northeastern Syria for over a decade.

According to the agreement, the SDF will withdraw from the front lines, government troops will occupy the cities of Hasaka and Qamishli in the northeast, and local security forces will merge.

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