Syrian Government and Kurdish Forces Sign Agreement for Integration and Resource Control
Syrian leaders and Kurdish forces signed a 14-point deal on January 18 to integrate military units and restore central control over key resource provinces.
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Syrian President ahmed al sharaa and Syrian Democratic Forces head mazloum abdi signed a landmark 14-point agreement on January 18, 2026, to integrate Kurdish civilian and military authorities into the central government of 
SY. This agreement marks the first major territorial consolidation by the Islamist-led government since the fall of bashar al assad in late 2024. Under the terms, all SDF forces will be merged into the national Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Interior as individuals rather than as whole Kurdish units. This change follows a decade during which the SDF operated a semi-autonomous region in the northeast of SY and resisted integration into the central state.
SY. This agreement marks the first major territorial consolidation by the Islamist-led government since the fall of bashar al assad in late 2024. Under the terms, all SDF forces will be merged into the national Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Interior as individuals rather than as whole Kurdish units. This change follows a decade during which the SDF operated a semi-autonomous region in the northeast of SY and resisted integration into the central state.
