Kurdish-led SDF agrees integration with Syrian government forces
Syria’s Kurdish forces have reached a comprehensive agreement with the government to integrate with the Syrian army.

Syria’s Kurdish forces have reached a comprehensive agreement with the government to integrate with the Syrian army.






![Kurdish fighters with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) prepare to head towards the front line before the end of a four-day truce with the Syrian government in Hasakah, northeastern Syria, Saturday, January 24, 2026 [Baderkhan Ahmad/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/AP26024696417247-1-1769500987.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)


Extension offers a welcome respite as Syrian forces advance towards the last SDF strongholds in the northeast.

A fragile ceasefire between Syria’s government and the Kurdish-led SDF has been extended by 15 days.
Syrian Defence Ministry says extension aims to help transfer of ISIL prisoners from facilities previously held by SDF.
Syria’s foreign ministry denies government forces reached an agreement with SDF on extending the deadline.
Exhausted by war, Damascus longs for unity as ceasefire sparks hope, but questions of integration and stability remain.
After meeting with the SDF’s commander, US’s Tom Barrack said all parties agreed upholding the truce is ‘essential’.

A four-day ceasefire between the Syrian government and the Kurdish-led SDF was meant to cool tensions.
The ‘Butcher of Hama’ and former Syrian vice president dies in exile at age 89.
SDF chief Abdi urged US-led coalition to ‘bear responsibilities’ for securing facilities coming under gov’t control.

Syria’s army has taken control of a large part of the country that had been under the Kurdish-led SDF.