# What is behind the SDF’s deal with Damascus?

https://mins.news/en/video/33439

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-08-26 17:41 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj19YVKNcjQ

> The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, founded in 2015 during the Syrian war, has officially dissolved and integrated with the Syrian army under an agreement with Damascus. After Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapsed in December 2024, the army launched an offensive in the region, costing the SDF much of the territory it once controlled in northern Syria.

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