SDF demands identity protection, justice for Afrin in Syrian army integration

Additionally, Hamo highlighted Afrin as the “real criterion” for the Kurdish components to trust the “government's seriousness in building a national army.”

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Explosion in Deir ez-Zor kills 4 government personnel, injures 9

A Syrian official, speaking to AFP on the condition of anonymity, raised the toll to five killed and 13 injured, including bystanders.

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Druze armed groups must release humanitarian worker: Amnesty

The Syria Civil Defense, a search and rescue team, dispatched 33-year-old Hamza al-Amareen, the head of Daraa’s emergency response center, to Suwayda in response to a UN call for assistance in mid-July, a day after deadly clashes between Damascus and its affiliated forces and Druze armed groups broke out.

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Kurdish-led forces target suspected ISIS cells in eastern Syria

The raids, conducted in cooperation with the US-led global coalition against ISIS, took place near the town of Busayrah in Deir ez-Zor, according to an SDF statement. 

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Sharaa meets Putin in first Moscow visit, discusses oil cooperation, military presence

Sharaa stated that “a significant part” of Syria’s energy sector relies on Russia, noting that Damascus respects all former economic agreements signed with Moscow.

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Disputes stalling integration of SDF with Damascus: Analyst

No concrete steps have been taken to implement the integration of SDF into Syria’s state apparatus, a Damascus-based Kurdish researcher told The New Region

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One step ahead, two back: Syria’s bumpy transition continues

Amid recent "parliamentary elections" of a dubious and undemocratic nature, clashes and tenuous integration efforts with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and continuing efforts to lift US sanctions, Syria is undergoing a tumultuous period in which the stakes for the country's future makeup are high

Mohammed A. Salih

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GeoSpace Ep.13 with Wladimir van Wilgenburg: Syria’s shifting landscape amid Damascus-SDF tensions

In this episode of The New Region’s GeoSpace, host Mohammed A. Salih talks ongoing tensions between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and Damascus and the prospect of a decentralized Syrian state with Wladimir van Wilgenburg, an expert on Syrian-Kurdish affairs.

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SDF chief says understanding reached with Damascus on integration, decentralization

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi told SDF-affiliated media that the Kurdish-led forces will not withdraw from Deir ez-Zor and Raqqa.

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