The SDF-Syrian Government Agreement

Recently there have been widespread international concerns surrounding the massacres of Alawite civilians in the coastal regions by forces of the new Syrian government. The massacres came in the wake of attacks on the new Syrian government by insurgents raising the banner of the old Assad regime, and were no doubt partly the result of sectarian animosities inflamed by prior incidents like the Baniyas massacre in 2013 that targeted Sunnis.

The fallout from the massacres prompted speculation that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) would be reluctant to reach an accommodation with the new Syrian government. However, it appears that ongoing Western mediation between the two sides has helped give rise to an agreement.

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