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Syria signs ceasefire deal with Kurdish-led authority in the country's north-east
In this photo released by Syrian state news agency SANA, Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa (right) shakes hands with Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, in Damascus, Syria, March 10, 2025
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SYRIA’S interim government signed a deal on Monday with the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country’s north-east.
The move includes a ceasefire and the merging of the main United States-backed force there into the Syrian army.
The deal is a major breakthrough that would bring most of Syria under the control of the government, which is led by the jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham that led the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad in December.
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