Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa signed a major integration agreement with the leader of the Kurdish forces in Syria on Monday, set to take place by the end of the year.
The agreement with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) will ensure “the rights of all Syrians in representation and participation in the political process and all state institutions based on competence, regardless of their religious and ethnic backgrounds,” according to Shaara.
Under the agreement, Syria’s Kurdish community — primarily in the east — will be officially recognized as part of the state, and citizenship will be granted to tens of thousands previously denied by Assad, according to CNN. The agreement safeguards Kurdish rights, overturning Assad’s restrictions that banned the Kurdish language in schools and prohibited Kurdish holidays.
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