2 security personnel killed in attack on checkpoint in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor countryside: Syrian TV
Internal Security checkpoint in eastern Syrian town of al-Bahra targeted, as tensions persist between Damascus and SDF
ISTANBUL
Two Syrian Internal Security members were killed and two others wounded Friday when an Internal Security checkpoint was targeted in the town of al-Bahra in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor, Alekhbariah TV reported.
The incident came hours before the Syrian government and the terrorist organization YPG on Friday reached a new comprehensive agreement that includes a ceasefire and a framework for the group's gradual integration into military and administrative structures.
The agreement followed a military operation in which Syrian forces regained large areas in eastern and northeastern Syria after what authorities described as repeated SDF breaches of earlier accords signed about 10 months earlier.
President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s administration has intensified efforts to restore security and assert control over the entire country since the ouster of former President Bashar al-Assad in Dec. 2024 after 24 years in power.
The Syrian government and YPG on Friday reached a new comprehensive agreement that includes a ceasefire and a framework for the group’s gradual integration into military and administrative structures, Syrian state television reported.
The Syrian Army had launched an operation against the YPG on Jan. 16 in areas west of the Euphrates River. The operation later expanded east of the river with the participation of tribal forces, leading to most of the territories previously occupied by the group coming under government control.
A Ceasefire and Full Integration Agreement reached on Jan. 18 between Damascus and the YPG included provisions for the group’s complete withdrawal from the eastern provinces of Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor, the transfer of public institutions in Hasakah to state authority, the placement of all border crossings and energy resources under central government control, and the individual integration of YPG elements into security forces.
Clashes resumed on Jan. 19 after the YPG refused to comply with the agreement. The Syrian government announced on Jan. 20 that it had declared a ceasefire and granted the group four days to proceed with integration.
*Writing by Lina Altawell
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