Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa voiced hope that Syria could avert a military confrontation with US-backed Kurdish forces, even if attempts to integrate their autonomous administration into the state institutions were to fail, according to Al-Arabiya.
Al-Sharaa also stated that Kurdish leaders had expressed their readiness in March to move forward with a landmark deal aimed at bringing their self-administered regions under state authority. However, he noted that their actions on the ground seemed to contradict those commitments.
“At times on the ground there are signals opposite to what they say in the negotiations,” al-Sharaa said.
Moreover, he underscored that Turkey and the United States were seeking a peaceful solution to the dispute as they were the main sponsors of the deal.
“These parties are pushing for a solution peacefully. I hope we don’t enter into a dispute. I am hopeful in a few months we will resolve it,” he said.
Turkey Warns of Kurds’ Delay of Deal
A Turkish Defense Ministry source stated two weeks ago that Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have failed to comply with a deal signed with the new government earlier this year to integrate into Syria’s state institutions.
The source also warned that the recent clashes between the Kurdish parties and government forces threaten the country’s unity, according to Reuters.
“It has not escaped our attention that the SDF terrorist organization’s voice has become louder, empowered by the clashes in Syria’s south,” the source told reporters at a briefing in Ankara.
Turkey considers the US-backed SDF a terrorist organization and has repeatedly noted that it expects the group to abide by the deal to disarm and integrate into Syria’s state institutions.
“The SDF terrorist organization’s attacks in the outskirts of Manbij and Aleppo against the Syrian government in recent days damage Syria’s political unity and territorial integrity,” the source added.
In March, Al-Sharaa and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Chief Mazloum Abdi signed an agreement to integrate the civil and military institutions of Kurds into the Syrian government.
However, the implementation of this deal was held up by differences between both parties.
Significant Kurdish Conference
In May, Kurdish parties hosted a significant conference to introduce a unified vision for the country’s future after the ousting of Bashar Assad, according to AFP.
As a major component of Syria, Kurds “must present a solution and a project proposal for the future of Syria,” Eldar Khalil, an official in the Kurdish Democratic Union Party, said.
Moreover, Abdi called for “a new decentralized constitution that includes all components” of society.
“We support all Syrian components receiving their rights in the constitution to be able to build a decentralized democratic Syria that embraces everyone,” he added.
Overall, the Kurdish administration called “for a pluralistic democratic system, social justice, gender equality, and a constitution that guarantees the rights of all components” of society.
The Kurds expressed their aspiration of being effective partners in building a new Syria, demanding a decentralized Syria that embraces all its people and guarantees their rights equally.
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