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Syrian regime led by HTS announces deal to integrate Kurdish-led SDF into state structure (www.al-monitor.com)
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Syria’s transitional government has reached a deal with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces to integrate the latter into the country’s new armed forces.

The transitional government said in a post on X Monday that an agreement was signed “stipulating the integration of the Syrian Democratic Forces into the institutions of the Syrian Arab Republic and emphasizing the unity of Syrian territory and rejecting division.”

Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa and SDF leader Mazlum Kobane signed the agreement in Damascus.

The government in Damascus, led by Islamist former rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, had been calling on the SDF and other armed groups that formed during the 13-year civil war to integrate under the command of the new Defense Ministry, but an agreement with the Kurdish-led force has been elusive.

The SDF formed in 2015 and is backed by the United States in its fight against the Islamic State. The SDF captured ISIS’ final territory in Syria in 2019 and holds tens of thousands of ISIS fighters and their families in detention centers.

The agreement could placate Turkey, which considers some Kurdish groups within the SDF to be affiliates of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). The SDF denies being a part of the PKK. Turkey has repeatedly threatened to take military action against the SDF and launched an attack on the group in 2019.

HTS led the rebel offensive that toppled longtime President Bashar al-Assad in December.

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[–] deathtoreddit@lemmygrad.ml 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Fascist scumbags. imperial curs!

rage-cry

Idk why I feel betrayed, but I had the feeling that even though the Kurds were backed by the U.S, drinking up Syria's oil milkshake, that they were going to stand their ground against Golani, especially since his gov't are basically bickering Syrian salafi rebel groups in a trenchcoat that'd like to chop their heads off.

But ah well, shouldn't've expected much, due to Ocalan's surrender to the Turkiye regime (I guess if the leader exits the plane, the rest have to follow through). Everything is going bad for Syria.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 1 week ago

This pretty much confirms that their sole goal was to desestabilize Syria.

[–] Idliketothinkimsmart@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 week ago

"Peace" with Takfiris will never last. They love killing too much to actually be able to sit still.

[–] Malkhodr@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Will this actually keep the average kurd safe? I don't trust that the Turkish-backed Wahabbi fundamentalist are in any way going to respect the rights and dignity of Kurds, just like how they don't for any other minority group.

What happened to the hordes of western leftists saying that Assads fall was an opportunity for Rojava to establish "democratic confederilism". Rojava wasn't willing to work with the secular Basthists who instituted sweeping welfare policies, yet they're willing to cooperate with a Salafi fundamentalist whose privatized a massive amount of state assets?

Bashar was too brutal, but they reconcile with Jolani while he massacres 1000s of Alawite civilians in the last week alone!? They reconcile with the scum who can call ISIS fighters his compatriots, the same people that the SDF was supposedly founded to fight against!? They reconcile with a butcher who is backed by the greatest existential threat to Kurdish existence, but they don't reconcile with the SAA who had a negligible amount of conflicts with them!?

This is why I don't give a fuck about being called a "Tankie." THESE are my enemies, and I'm glad to be judged by them, because it makes those who oppose me eitheir malignant liars or the most naive morons to ever glance a media report.

Call me a red fascist for standing stalwart as I wave the Baathist flag and holler from my pinnacle that "Bashar isn't ideal but he isn't ISIS, and deposits him will open the floodgates of fundamentalist terror on Syria." Call me a campist for indignantly snubbing your trust in Rojava becuase I said up until this point that they were nothing more then a US puppet meant to destroy Syria and its chance at stability.

What else can I say but, I told you this will happen, eitheir join with me to oppose it and humbly accept your mistake, or stand yo keep obstructing but atleast be honest that's what your doing.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 1 week ago

Rojava wasn’t willing to work with the secular Basthists who instituted sweeping welfare policies, yet they’re willing to cooperate with a Salafi fundamentalist whose privatized a massive amount of state assets?

I guess we should have expected this when we seen anarchists and other westolefto support them.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Oh no, no one saw this one coming! /s

remember when we had that SDF simp back when the headchoppers took power?

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 week ago

Yeah, and I really hope he changed his views on the SDF viewing all of these evidence now.

[–] supersolid_snake@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I remember. Man was that frustrating as shit because everyone was telling him this as a possibility.

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And that person hasn't come back. Very interesting 🤔

[–] supersolid_snake@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 days ago

I mean, if he came back and was willing to learn i would want him back. The part i didn't appreciate was the conniving and blatant misrepresentation of people's arguments.

[–] porcupine@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 week ago

SDF to the captured ISIS fighters: "hey, can we actually just join you guys? it'd really make things simpler for the guys in payroll"

[–] supersolid_snake@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 1 week ago

Awww cute, America's two dogs decided to get along.