The long-anticipated agreement closes a period of intense uncertainty in northeastern Syria after rebel forces led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, who is now the president, seized power in December 2024.

The new deal also calls for a cease-fire. Government forces have taken strategic assets from the militia in recent days, ...

A four-day truce between Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters has ended, with no clear signs of renewal.

However, the SDF was led by the main Kurdish fighting force in Syria, the People’s Protection Units, known as the YPG. The ...