Overview
- SDF units withdrew from Hasakah’s outskirts to agreed positions inside the city at about 7 p.m., according to local journalist Akeed Mishmish.
- Syrian government forces pulled back roughly 60km south beyond Al Shaddadi and about 60km east, with units seen moving toward the province’s borders, The National reported.
- The retreat is presented as a significant step toward activating the January 30 agreement to fold the northeast into state structures.
- Terms of the pact include front-line stand-downs and the deployment of Syrian internal security forces to the centers of Hasakah and Qamishli.
- The agreement also envisions a new division comprising three SDF brigades and the incorporation of a Kobani brigade into a division in Aleppo province, as residents voice cautious calm alongside concerns over missing legal guarantees.