Representative Jamil Al-Sayyed commented on the signing of an agreement between the Syrian state and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which stipulates its dissolution as an independent military force, its integration into state institutions, and the handing over of its areas of control in northeastern Syria, oil and gas fields, and border crossings, considering that the step carries dimensions that go beyond the Syrian interior to regional balances.
Al-Sayed wrote on his account on the “X” platform: “Sudden news: the signing of a historic agreement in the Syrian People’s Palace between the state and the Kurds, and the dissolution of the Kurdish SDF forces as an independent military force, in preparation for their integration into the Syrian state and handing over to it its areas of control in northeastern Syria, the oil and gas fields, and the border crossings.”
He considered that the agreement practically means the collapse of the project to establish a Kurdish state in Syria on the border with Turkey, after, according to him, this project received political, military and security support over the years from Israel, European countries and other parties.
He believed that these parties had finally abandoned their support for the project, and linked the Kurds’ trend towards integration into the Syrian state to this shift in foreign positions.
Al-Sayyed described the agreement as a “historic political, military and security victory for Turkey,” which over the past years has waged a broad confrontation against the presence of an armed Kurdish entity on its southern border, and considered it a direct threat to its national security and the territorial integrity of Syria.
Regarding the timing of the agreement, Al-Sayyid linked the development to the arrival of the regime of Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa, who is close to Türkiye, to Damascus, and to the escalating tension between Ankara and Israel against the backdrop of their military movements inside Syria.
He said that Israel considered it had the right to expand its military presence from the Golan towards the south of the Syrian capital, under the pretext of protecting the Druze, with the aim of drawing a line of contact with Turkish influence.
He pointed out that tension increased after the recent Israeli raid on Idlib military airport and the targeting of Turkish equipment and weapons, which raised the level of statements and challenges between the two countries to the point of exchanging military threats.
In Al-Sayed’s opinion, this escalation threatened to ignite a new front whose repercussions the West, the United States, and Arab countries could not bear, especially in light of the continuing war on the Iranian front and the expanding scope of tension in the Middle East.
He asked: “How do we calm the situation between Israel and Turkey?”, before answering that the solution on the ground came by pleasing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and removing the SDF obstacle, by integrating it into the Syrian state.
He considered that this development gives Turkey a greater sense of security and influence in the region extending from its southern borders to Damascus, while Israel, in return, benefits from establishing its military presence in the region extending between the Golan and the south of the Syrian capital, according to his reading.
Al-Sayyid warned of the possibility of what is happening turning into a broader sharing of influence extending to other Arab countries, in light of what he described as a project to redraw the map of the Middle East from the Euphrates to beyond the Nile, and from the Mediterranean to the Gulf and Iran.
He concluded by asking: “Will anyone wake up before it is too late?”
Al-Sayed’s position comes after the announcement of the agreement that ends the independent military status of the SDF and places large areas in northeastern Syria, including oil and gas fields and border crossings, on the path of returning to central state authority.
The areas that were under the control of the “SDF” are of strategic and economic importance, as they contain an essential part of Syria’s oil and agricultural wealth, in addition to their presence along the Turkish and Iraqi borders and their control over major crossings.
