Syria: SDF and Damascus agree on integration, ending Kurdish autonomy

Syrian President Ahmed Al-Shara and SDF commander Mazloum Abdi met in Damascus, signaling a deal to integrate the Kurdish-led forces into state institutions and end de facto autonomy in north-eastern Syria. The agreement, if implemented, would consolidate central government control and reshape the post-Assad political order, but its durability hinges on unresolved issues of Kurdish rights and power-sharing.