The Syrian President signs a ceasefire agreement with the SDF and fully integrates it into the state

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa signed a ceasefire agreement and the full integration of SDF forces into the Syrian army. The agreement with the SDF includes a comprehensive and immediate ceasefire on all fronts and points of contact. It also stipulates the withdrawal of SDF forces to the region east of the Euphrates as a preliminary step for redeployment.

The Syrian News Agency, SANA, published the terms of the agreement as follows:

• A comprehensive and immediate ceasefire on all fronts and points of contact between the Syrian government forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces, in parallel with the withdrawal of all military formations affiliated with the “SDF” to the region east of the Euphrates as a preliminary step for redeployment.
• The governorates of Deir ez-Zor and Raqqa are handed over administratively and militarily to the Syrian government in full immediately. This includes taking over all civil institutions and facilities, with the issuance of immediate decisions to install current employees within the specialized ministries of the Syrian state, and the government’s commitment not to attack the employees and fighters of the SDF and the civil administration in the two governorates.
• Integrating all civil institutions in Al-Hasakah Governorate into the Syrian state institutions and administrative structures.
• The Syrian government takes over all border crossings and oil and gas fields in the region, and ensures their protection by regular forces to ensure the return of resources to the Syrian state.
• Integrating all the military and security elements of the “SDF” into the structure of the Syrian Ministries of Defense and Interior “individually” after conducting the necessary security audit, while granting them the original military ranks and material and logistical entitlements, while protecting the privacy of the Kurdish regions.
• The SDF leadership is committed not to include the remnants of the former regime in its ranks and to hand over lists of officers of the remnants of the former regime who are located within the regions of northeastern Syria.
• Issuing a presidential decree appointing a candidate to serve as governor of Al-Hasakah, as a guarantee of political participation and local representation.
• Evacuating the city of “Ayn al-Arab/Kobani” from heavy military presence, forming a security force from the city’s residents, and maintaining a local police force administratively affiliated with the Syrian Ministry of Interior.
• Merging the administration responsible for the file of ISIS prisoners and camps, as well as the forces responsible for protecting these facilities, with the Syrian government, so that the Syrian government assumes full legal and security responsibility for them.
• Approving a list of nominated leaders submitted by the SDF leadership to fill senior military, security and civilian positions in the central state structure to ensure national partnership.
• Welcoming Presidential Decree No. 13 of 2026, which stipulates the recognition of Kurdish cultural and linguistic rights, the treatment of human rights and civil issues for the undocumented, and the restoration of property rights accumulated from previous decades.
• SDF’s commitment to removing all leaders and members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)PKK) Non-Syrians outside the borders of the Syrian Arab Republic to ensure sovereignty and neighborhood stability.
• The Syrian state is committed to continuing to combat terrorism (ISIS) as an active member of the international coalition, with joint coordination with the United States in this framework to ensure the security and stability of the region.
• Working to reach understandings regarding the safe and dignified return of the people of the Afrin and Sheikh Maqsoud regions to their areas.