The government in Damascus led by Islamist former rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) had been calling on the SDF and other armed groups that formed during the 13-year civil war to integrate under the command of the new Defense Ministry, but an agreement with the Kurdish-led force was elusive until now.

The deal was signed by interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.

Syria's government signs a breakthrough deal with Kurdish-led authorities in the northeast - Syria’s interim government has reached a deal with the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country’s northeast,