"A deal penned in March stipulated that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) would integrate with state institutions by the end of the year, but its implementation has since stalled. Syrian government officials have held talks with the commander of the main Kurdish-led force in the country over plans to merge it with the national army, state media reported, adding that no tangible results had been achieved."
"A major sticking point has been whether the SDF would remain a cohesive unit in the new army or whether it would be dissolved and its members individually absorbed. The group has tens of thousands of fighters and is the main force yet to be absorbed into Syria's military. State TV said the meeting did not produce tangible results and that the sides agreed to hold further meetings at a later date."
A March deal required the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to integrate with state institutions by year-end, but implementation has stalled. Syrian government officials and SDF commander Mazloum Abdi held talks in Damascus about military integration, but state media reported no tangible results. A central dispute concerns whether the SDF would remain a cohesive unit or be dissolved with members individually absorbed. The SDF controls large areas of Syria's oil-rich north and northeast and comprises tens of thousands of fighters. The agreement would transfer border crossings, airports, oil fields, and prisons holding about 9,000 ISIL suspects to central government control. Türkiye views the SDF as a terrorist organization because of PKK links.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]