Ömer Çelik, spokesperson for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), lauded the Syrian administration’s success against “attempts to hinder the terror-free Türkiye and terror-free region goal by the YPG/PKK.”
The Syrian government on Sunday signed a new agreement with the YPG, the Syria wing of the terrorist group PKK, that ended weeklong clashes in the country’s north and formally merged the group into the state, President Ahmad al-Sharaa announced Sunday, after government forces advanced in YPG-held areas of the country's north and east.
According to the terms published by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the agreement provides for an immediate and comprehensive cease-fire across all fronts and contact lines between government forces and the YPG. The deal is to take effect in parallel with the withdrawal of all YPG-affiliated military formations to areas east of the Euphrates River as a preparatory step for redeployment.
Under the deal, the provinces of Deir el-Zour and Raqqa will be handed over fully and immediately to the Syrian government, both administratively and militarily. This includes the transfer of all civilian institutions and facilities in the two provinces.
The agreement stipulates that current
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