{"id":17248,"date":"2026-01-30T15:16:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=17248"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:16:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:16:58","slug":"syrian-government-and-kurdish-forces-reach-deal-on-permanent-truce-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=17248","title":{"rendered":"Syrian government and Kurdish forces reach deal on permanent truce | Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces have reached an agreement to extend a fragile ceasefire into a permanent truce, laying a framework for integrating Kurdish forces into the state and ending nearly a month of fighting.<\/p>\n

The agreement on Friday appeared to resolve escalating tensions<\/a> between the two sides over the question of Kurdish autonomy in north-east Syria and paved a way for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to join Syria\u2019s new army through negotiations, rather than battle.<\/p>\n

It also was a milestone for Damascus, which has sought to extend its control over the entirety of Syria\u2019s territory, which for 14-years was carved up by competing militias and powers. The SDF had previously controlled about a quarter of the country and all of its main oilfields, constituting a significant challenge to the fledgling state\u2019s rule.<\/p>\n

It came after Syrian government forces swept through north-east Syria, aided by the Arab and tribal elements, shrinking the territory controlled by the SDF by about 80%. The SDF chose mainly to withdraw from Arab-majority areas but were preparing to defend Kurdish-majority cities from government forces, when the deal was struck on Friday.<\/p>\n

Under the agreement, both sides would pull their fighters back from frontlines in north-east Syria and government security forces would enter the cities of Hasakah and Qamishli, the strongholds of the Kurdish authority.The SDF would integrate into the army, and the Syrian state would absorb the civilian institutions of the Kurdish authority.<\/p>\n

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