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Syria Kurds impose curfew in northeast cities before govt deal begins

Syria Kurds impose curfew in northeast cities before govt deal begins

Syrian Kurdish security forces on Sunday announced a curfew early next week in two cities in the country’s northeast, ahead of the implementation of a recent deal struck with the Islamist-led government in Damascus. Syria Kurds impose curfew in northeast cities before govt deal begins Damascus and Kurdish forces reached a comprehensive agreement on Friday to gradually integrate the Kurds’ military and civilian institutions into the state, after the Kurds ceded territory to advancing government forces in recent weeks. Mazloum Abdi, head of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, has said the deal would be implemented on the ground from Monday, with both sides to pull forces back from frontline positions in parts of the northeast, and from the town of Kobane in the north. He said a “limited internal security force” would enter parts of Hasakeh and Qamishli but that “no military forces will enter any Kurdish city or town”. Kurdish security forces announced a curfew in the northeastern city of Hasakeh from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm on Monday, and in the northeast’s main …

Syria Kurds impose curfew in northeast cities before govt deal begins

Syria government, Kurdish forces agree sweeping integration to end clashes

By Mahmoud Hasano and Jaidaa Taha Syria government, Kurdish forces agree sweeping integration to end clashes TABQA, – Syria and the main Kurdish fighting force struck a wide-ranging deal to bring Kurdish civilian and military authorities under central government control on Sunday, ending days of fighting in which Syrian troops captured territory including key oil fields. U.S. envoy Tom Barrack hailed a “pivotal inflection point”, but noted that there was still challenging work to be done to finalise details of a comprehensive integration deal. The terms of the deal appeared to be a major blow for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces , which ran a semi-autonomous region in Syria’s northeast for more than a decade. The SDF, which had no immediate comment, had resisted integration into the Islamist-led government that has ruled Syria since Bashar al-Assad was toppled in late 2024. The 14-point deal published by Syria’s presidency featured the signatures of both Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and SDF head Mazloum Abdi, who appeared to have signed separately and are set to meet in Damascus …

Syria welcomes US decision to ease Assad-era sanctions as ‘positive step’ | World News

Syria welcomes US decision to ease Assad-era sanctions as ‘positive step’ | World News

Syria considers the move by the Trump administration to ease sanctions imposed on the war-torn country as a “positive step” to ease humanitarian and economic suffering, its foreign ministry said Saturday. In a statement, the ministry said Syria “extends its hand” to anyone that wants to cooperate with Damascus, on the condition that there is no intervention in the country’s internal affairs. The statement came after the Trump administration granted Syria sweeping exemptions from sanctions on Friday in a major first step toward fulfilling the president’s pledge to lift a half-century of penalties on a country shattered by 14 years of civil war. Story continues below this ad Thomas Barrack , the US ambassador to Turkey who has also been appointed as special envoy for Syria, met with Syria’s president and foreign minister during their visit to Turkey on Saturday, adding the President Ahmad al-Sharaa welcomed Washington’s “fast action on lifting sanctions.” “President Trump’s goal is to enable the new government to create the conditions for the Syrian people to not only survive but thrive,” …

A Syrian civil defence official said the White Helmets rescuers

A Syrian civil defence official said the White Helmets rescuers

A Syrian civil defence official said the White Helmets rescuers discovered unidentified bodies and remains in a medicine warehouse in a Damascus suburb. The remains are believed to belong to more than 20 people, including children, as per TRT news. An AFP video journalist said the warehouse strewn with medicine boxes was located just around 50 metres from the Sayyida Zeinab shrine. “We received a report about the presence of bodies, bones and a foul smell at the site,” White Helmets official Ammar al-Salmo told AFP. South Damascus’s Sayyida Zeinab suburb was a stronghold of pro-Iran fighters including Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group before Assad’s ouster. 02:48 HTS MILITARY CHIEF “WILL DISSOLVE ARMED WING IF…”04:38 SDF PROPOSES “DEMILITARISED ZONE” IN SYRIAN TOWN05:44 UN ENVOY TO SYRIA CALLS FOR ‘FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS’ AFTER TRANSITIONn18oc_world n18oc_crux Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

After Hama, Assad Loses ‘Cradle Of Revolution’? Syrian Rebels ‘Capture’ Daraa ‘Post-Deal With Army’

After Hama, Assad Loses ‘Cradle Of Revolution’? Syrian Rebels ‘Capture’ Daraa ‘Post-Deal With Army’

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