A deal to solve Syria's Kurdish question took its first steps towards fruition on Monday, but observers expect it to fall short of ending divisions that came close to all-out conflict before the US intervened.
“The conflict has been postponed, but not ended,” said a Kurdish figure in contact with the Kurdish military leadership of the Syrian Democratic Forces.
The US-armed group has positioned itself as the defender of Syria's one million-strong Kurdish community since the civil war, although not all of the country's Kurds support the SDF. It has been fighting for survival since a government offensive stripped it of most of its holdings in the last three weeks.
US support started to wane after the fall of the regime of former president Basha
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