The Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which controls much of Syria's oil-rich northeast, signed a deal with the Damascus government on Monday to join Syria's new state institutions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/11/world/politics/syria-president-kurdish-sdf-merge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ahmedsharaa #syria #middleeast #kurds
Kurdish-led SDF to join Syria's new state institutions, merging forces
Accord comes at critical moment after mass killings of Alawite minority members in western Syria threatens effort to unite country after 14 years of conflict.Jaidaa Taha (The Japan Times)