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Rudaw Net
06-04-2025
- Politics
- Rudaw Net
New batch of Damascus-SDF prisoners to be exchanged Sunday: Advisor
Also in Syria Syria says working to repair Tishreen Dam Syria's first Kurdish education minister works to bridge gaps with Rojava Kurdish forces launch anti-ISIS operation in Syria detention camp Syria says Amnesty ignored context in Alawite killings A+ A- ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A new batch of prisoners is scheduled to be exchanged on Sunday between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Damascus administration as part of a recent agreement, an advisor to the Kurdish-led northeast Syria (Rojava) administration said. 'The main work now is focused on prisoners,' Bedran Ciya Kurd, advisor to the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES), told Rudaw's Hussein Omar on Saturday, calling the planned Sunday prisoner exchange 'a gesture of goodwill from both sides to build trust.' The SDF and the new leadership in Damascus on Tuesday struck an agreement to exchange all prisoners and keep the SDF-affiliated internal security forces (Asayish) in Aleppo's predominantly Kurdish neighborhoods of Ashrafiyeh and Sheikh Maqsood. On Thursday, the first exchange of nearly 250 prisoners between the two sides took place. A day later, Kurdish forces of the People's Protection Units (YPG) – the backbone of the SDF – began withdrawing from the predominantly Kurdish SDF chief Mazloum Abdi signed a landmark agreement with Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa on March 10 to integrate the SDF into the Syrian state apparatus. The agreement recognizes the Kurds as an integral part of Syria, includes a countrywide ceasefire, and stipulates the return of displaced Syrians to their hometowns.
Rudaw Net
04-04-2025
- Politics
- Rudaw Net
SDF begins withdrawal from Aleppo following agreement
Also in Syria Kurds in Damascus cautiously hopeful about Aleppo deal UN urges Syria's new government to uphold inclusivity, minority rights Amnesty urges Damascus to hold accountable perpetrators of 'war crime' against Alawites Plans for rebuilding Syria's Rif Dimashq province ready: Governor A+ A- ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The first convoy of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) withdrew from Aleppo on Friday under the supervision of the Syrian defense ministry, Syrian state media reported. The convoy was headed toward the eastern side of the Euphrates River, according to state-owned SANA. The withdrawal follows an agreement with the new authorities in Damascus for SDF-affiliated internal security forces (Asayish) to remain in two predominantly Kurdish neighborhoods of Aleppo city - Ashrafiyeh and Sheikh Maqsood. The forces that remain in the neighbourhoods will work in coordination with the Ministry of the Interior, according to Bedran Ciya Kurd, an advisor to the Kurdish-led administration in northeast Syria (Rojava). According to North Press Agency, a media outlet close to the Kurdish authorities, the forces in the convoy were from the People's Protection Units (YPG) - the backbone of the SDF - and the Kurdish Women's Protection Units (YPJ). The SDF signed a landmark agreement with interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on March 10 to integrate the SDF into the Syrian state apparatus. The agreement recognizes the Kurds as an integral part of Syria, includes a countrywide ceasefire, and stipulates the return of displaced Syrians to their hometowns. This is a developing story…
