Overview
- The Syrian Presidency announced a mutual understanding with the SDF that includes a ceasefire and a four‑day window for the SDF to submit a detailed integration plan, with Syrian forces to stay outside Hasakah and Qamishli city centers if terms are met.
- The terms include transferring oil‑field rights to the state, merging SDF military and security units into the Defense and Interior ministries, reintroducing state civilian institutions, local security in Kurdish villages by residents, implementing Decree No. 13 on Kurdish cultural and language rights, and SDF commander Mazloum Abdi proposing nominees for deputy defense minister, Hasakah governor, parliament seats, and state posts.
- The SDF says fighting persists on some fronts despite the declared truce, reporting clashes with Syrian army units near Rif Serin in Aleppo countryside and urging local mobilization.
- Turkey’s presidential adviser Al‑Nour Shafiq warned the understanding could be used to “buy time,” insisted PKK‑linked elements must be excluded from any integration, and pointed to close coordination with Washington and extensive contacts with Damascus.
- Al‑Monitor, cited by Sky News Arabia, reports President Donald Trump pressed President Ahmad al‑Shar’ by phone to halt clashes and received assurances Syrian troops would not enter Hasakah, a claim not independently confirmed.