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The Kurdish-led, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which control most of Syria's oil-rich northeast, have signed an agreement to integrate into Syria's new state institutions, the Syrian presidency said on Monday.
The agreement, which included a complete cessation of hostilities, was signed by Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa and SDF commander Mazloum Abdi.
Under the agreement, the text of which was posted online by the presidency, all civilian and military institutions in northeastern Syria will be integrated within the state, which will thus take control of borders, airports and oil and gas fields.
The SDF agrees to support the government in fighting the remnants of the ousted regime of President Bashar al-Assad and any threats to Syria's security and unity.
Since Assad was overthrown by Sharaa's Islamist forces in December, groups backed by Turkey, one of Sharaa's main supporters, have clashed with the SDF, a key US ally.
The SDF is led by the YPG militia, a group that Ankara sees as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants who have fought against the Turkish state for 40 years.
Turkey considers the PKK, YPG and SDF to be terrorist groups, and the new Damascus administration of Sharaa had pressured the SDF to join the newly formed state security forces.
Abdi had previously expressed a willingness for his forces to be part of the new defense ministry, but said they should come together as a bloc and not as individuals, an idea that was rejected by the new government.
The US and Turkey's Western allies list the PKK as a terrorist group, but not the YPG or the SDF.
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