Media pretend Western policy is all about defeating Islamists, yet when a NATO ally again invaded #Syria in 2018, #SyrianDemocraticForces paused, on #ThisDayInHistory, its wildly successful #AlJazeeraStorm campaign against #ISIS near #DeirEzZor to face a Turkish threat in #Afrin.
Syria and the main Kurdish fighting force in the country have struck a wide-ranging deal to bring Kurdish civilian and military authorities under central government control, ending days of fighting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/19/world/politics/syria-kurdish-forces-integration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #syria #kurds #middleeast #ahmadalsharaa #basharassad #syriandemocraticforces
Syria and Kurdish forces agree on sweeping integration to end clashes

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces had resisted integration into the Islamist-led government that has ruled Syria since the toppling of former President Bashar Assad.

The Japan Times

Deadly Attack in Syria on U.S. Troops Exposes Growing Challenges for Country’s Leader

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/world/middleeast/syria-us-soldiers-killed.html

Euphrates River Becomes the Last Battle Line in Syria’s Civil War
A standoff between the Syrian government and SDF threatens to destabilize northeastern Syria

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/euphrates-river-becomes-the-last

from #DropSiteNews
C.P. Ward
Nov 16, 2025

The Euphrates, which runs for 700 miles across #Syria, has become a physical dividing line between two forces now contesting the future of the fragile country. The near bank is the limit of control by the Syrian government led from Damascus, while on the far bank are the positions of the #US-backed #SyrianDemocraticForces (#SDF). The SDF, a #Kurdish-led force that emerged during Syria’s civil war in opposition to the Bashar al-Assad regime, played a key role in the fight against the Islamic State. During the conflict, they captured large expanses of territory predominantly populated by Arabs on the far bank of the #Euphrates.

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Euphrates River Becomes the Last Battle Line in Syria’s Civil War

A standoff between the Syrian government and SDF threatens to destabilize northeastern Syria

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On #ThisDayInHistory in 2016, the #SyrianDemocraticForces began its campaign to liberate #Raqqa from #Daesh/#ISIS. The #SDF, a #Kurdish-led coalition of leftist militias, has been a military arm of the #DAANES/#Rojava. It succeeded in pushing the jihadists out in October 2017.

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Meanwhile Turkey has agreed a ceasefire with the #PKK which would among other benign consequences facilitate integration between the #syriandemocraticforces and the regime in #damascus - while #israel appears to be stirring up trouble between those in control of the #djebeldruze and the authorities .

Israeli Forces Capture 2 Tanks, Over 3,300 Weapons from Syrian Territory

Seized equipment includes tanks, antitank missiles, RPGs, and surveillance devices.