A flurry of diplomatic efforts erupted over Syria to avoid the collapse of the ceasefire agreement between government troops and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
The diplomatic rush comes after the US announced the end of the anti-ISIS mandate for the SDF, which it had backed for nearly a decade, effectively pushing for the group's integration into Syria's armed forces.
Syrian government troops this week seized vast areas of territory in the north-east and gave the Kurdish-led fighters four days to agree on integrating
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