Expectations about an anticipated announcement of an agreement between the government and the SDF under international pressure.. When and what are its terms?

Muhsen AlMustafa cast doubt on the seriousness and speed of implementing the anticipated military agreement between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), considering that the SDF is pursuing a policy of procrastination and buying time while waiting for changes that would help it evade the “March 10 Agreement,” citing its inflation of its fighter numbers to 90,000 and its recent field provocations.

AlMustafa affirmed that the technical integration process requires months to audit data, stressing that the military doctrine of the Syrian state is based on absolute centralization and the monopoly of arms in its hands, which means its categorical rejection of any proposal that would grant the SDF independence in command or regional particularity for specific brigades. Regarding the SDF’s demands to retain the “Counterterrorism Brigade” and the “Women’s Brigade” with independent status, the researcher explained that if the agreement is implemented, the state will most likely work to dismantle these blocs and integrate their members into official army and police units under its direct authority, to ensure the sovereignty of national identity and prevent multiple loyalties or weapons outside the framework of the law.