Syria's Kurdish-led SDF dissolves as part of integration with Damascus

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The Syrian Democratic Forces, led by Kurds and instrumental in defeating ISIS with US backing, have dissolved as part of a phased integration with the Damascus government. This marks a significant shift in Syria's political and military landscape under a historic plan agreed earlier in the year.

The Kurdish-led ⁠Syrian Democratic Forces ​has been dissolved, the armed militant group's leader said on ​Tuesday, a major step in the integration plan agreed on earlier this year with the Islamist-led government in Damascus. The government and the group, which helped defeat the Islamic State with U.S. backing and held parts ​of northern and eastern Syria, agreed in January ‌to a phased integration of Kurdish fighters into the state, a plan Washington called a "historic milestone".