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					<description><![CDATA[<p>CAIRO, March 10 (Reuters) &#8211; The Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which controls much of Syria&#8217;s oil-rich northeast, signed a deal with the Damascus government on Monday to join Syria&#8217;s new state institutions, the Syrian presidency said on Monday. &#8230; <a class="kt-excerpt-readmore" href="https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/syrias-interim-president-signs-deal-with-kurdish-led-sdf-to-merge-forces/" aria-label="Syria&#8217;s interim president signs deal with Kurdish-led SDF to merge forces">Read More</a></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/syrias-interim-president-signs-deal-with-kurdish-led-sdf-to-merge-forces/">Syria’s interim president signs deal with Kurdish-led SDF to merge forces</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org">Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association</a>.</p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD" data-testid="paragraph-0">CAIRO, March 10 (Reuters) &#8211; The Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which controls much of Syria&#8217;s oil-rich northeast, signed a deal with the Damascus government on Monday to join Syria&#8217;s new state institutions, the Syrian presidency said on Monday.</p>
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<p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD" data-testid="paragraph-1">Photos showed interim <a class="text__text__1FZLe text__inherit-color__3208F text__inherit-font__1Y8w3 text__inherit-size__1DZJi link__link__3Ji6W link__underline_default__2prE_" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/new-syrian-leader-sharaa-says-killings-alawites-threaten-unity-vows-justice-2025-03-10/" data-testid="Link">President Ahmed al-Sharaa</a> and SDF commander Mazloum Abdi shaking hands in Damascus on the agreement that provides for SDF-controlled civilian and military institutions in northeast Syria to be integrated with the state.</p>
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<p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD" data-testid="paragraph-2">The accord came at a critical moment as Sharaa grapples with <a class="text__text__1FZLe text__inherit-color__3208F text__inherit-font__1Y8w3 text__inherit-size__1DZJi link__link__3Ji6W link__underline_default__2prE_" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syrian-defense-ministry-announces-completion-military-operations-against-assad-2025-03-10/" data-testid="Link">the fallout</a> from mass killings of Alawite minority members in western Syria &#8211; violence that he said on Monday threatened his effort to unite Syria after 14 years of conflict.</p>
<p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD" data-testid="paragraph-3">In December, insurgents toppled the regime of former President Bashar al-Assad, a member of the country&#8217;s Alawite minority who fled to longtime supporter Russia.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-3">Continue reading <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syria-reaches-deal-integrate-sdf-within-state-institutions-presidency-says-2025-03-10/?fbclid=IwY2xjawI9OLJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHeg2xvG6ksa3Uwr2uXfrfabJEOhX0TFlFsYdDM2RwhSHtJKtZT4eQ_QY_w_aem_h8j6x9TTKza8VEMb0uqYuQ">HERE</a></p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-3">Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syria-reaches-deal-integrate-sdf-within-state-institutions-presidency-says-2025-03-10/?fbclid=IwY2xjawI9OLJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHeg2xvG6ksa3Uwr2uXfrfabJEOhX0TFlFsYdDM2RwhSHtJKtZT4eQ_QY_w_aem_h8j6x9TTKza8VEMb0uqYuQ</p>
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