Syria integration deal with Kurds brings relief after days of bitter violence wracks war-torn country

By Rob Geist Pinfold, Lecturer in International Security, King's College London

The new Syrian government has signed a deal with to integrate the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia into the regime, in what is a big step towards uniting the fractured country.

The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-led (HTS) government has been struggling for legitimacy since it ousted Bashar al-Assad late last year, following more than a decade of civil war in a country riddled with sectarian divisions. The deal recognises…

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