Prime US diplomat endorses settlement to combine Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces into state establishments.
The USA has welcomed Syria’s agreement to integrate the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into state institutions.
Washington’s endorsement comes after the Syrian presidency and the US-backed SDF introduced a deal granting the Syrian central authorities full management of a semi-autonomous area that has been administered by the Kurdish-led alliance since 2015.
“The USA reaffirms its help for a political transition that demonstrates credible, non-sectarian governance as one of the best path to keep away from additional battle,” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio mentioned in a press release on Tuesday.
“We’ll proceed to look at the choices made by the interim authorities, noting with concern the latest lethal violence in opposition to minorities.”
On Monday, Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa and SDF commander Mazloum Abdi mentioned that they had struck a deal to merge “all civil and navy establishments in northeastern Syria” into the nationwide administration, together with an airport and oil and gasoline fields.
The settlement has been considered as probably the most vital political developments within the nation for the reason that fall of longtime President Bashar al-Assad by the hands of Syrian opposition forces led by al-Sharaa in December.
The accord comes at a essential juncture for Damascus because it grapples with the fallout of a wave of violence that erupted final week within the heartland of the Alawite minority.
The deal features a ceasefire in all of Syria, SDF help in combating pro-Assad fighters, and an affirmation that the Kurdish individuals are integral to Syria and have a proper to citizenship and assured constitutional rights.
Whereas discussions about integrating the SDF into the Syrian state had been ongoing for the reason that fall of al-Assad, efforts to achieve an settlement have been hampered by perceptions that the group was much less dedicated to opposing the deposed regime than different opposition forces.
The US partnered with the SDF in its struggle in opposition to the ISIL (ISIS) armed group, whose so-called caliphate in Syria was overthrown in 2019.
Washington’s help for the SDF has positioned a pressure on its relations with Turkiye, which views the group as an extension of the Kurdish nationalist Kurdistan Employees’ Celebration, which Ankara considers a “terrorist” organisation.
