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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
30-03-2025
- Politics
- Rudaw Net
PYD confirms ‘serious efforts' for Turkey-SDF ceasefire in northeast Syria
Also in Syria Rojava says won't implement decisions of new 'exclusionary' government in Syria Syrian cancer patients face growing crises due to medicine shortages Germany welcomes formation of new Syrian government Syria's Sharaa announces new cabinet A+ A- ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A senior official of northeast Syria's (Rojava) ruling Democratic Union Party (PYD) on Sunday said that there are 'serious efforts' for a ceasefire between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Turkey in the region. 'There are serious efforts to declare a ceasefire between the SDF and Turkey. Efforts to declare a ceasefire are being carried out with international support,' Sama Baktash, PYD foreign relations co-chair, told Rudaw's Hussein Omar on Sunday. Earlier in March, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed the landmark deal between the new leadership in Damascus and the SDF as a win for 'all our Syrian brothers.' Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa and SDF chief Mazloum Abdi signed a landmark agreement on March 10 to integrate the SDF into Syria's state institutions. Turkey views the SDF as closely tied to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which Ankara designates as a terrorist organization, a claim the SDF has repeatedly denied. Turkey is also fearful that the increased strength of Kurdish groups in northern Syria could embolden Kurdish movements within its own borders. The dispute has led to several military clashes between Turkish forces and the SDF. Turkey has launched three military operations- Operation Euphrates Shield, Operation Olive Branch, and Operation Peace Spring - against the SDF since 2016. Baktash also criticized the formation of Syria's new transitional government, saying it 'does not represent all Syrian parties,' and adding that it was 'not formed on the basis of democracy.' On Saturday, Sharaa announced his new cabinet, which lacks minority representation.
