Internal Security Forces began entering the city of Qamishli on Tuesday, February 3, as part of implementing the agreement between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
The agreement includes the withdrawal of military forces from contact lines and the deployment of Internal Security Forces affiliated with the Ministry of Interior to the centres of the cities of Hassakeh and Qamishli.
Hassakeh and its surrounding areas have witnessed continuous flights by Coalition drones and warplanes in recent days, Syria TV writes.
Under the new arrangements, the legal status of these prisons and detention centers will be restructured within a unified judicial and penal framework overseen by the state and the Ministry of Justice, Syria TV reports.
The Presidency stated: In case of agreement, Syrian forces “will not enter the city centers of Hassakeh and Qamishli and will remain on their outskirts.”
Abdulbaset Sieda, former President of the Syrian National Council, announced that Kurdish political parties and forces are set to convene an urgent meeting in Qamishli to assess the deteriorating situation, Ultra Syria Reports.
The moral test of any new political order lies not in how it treats the majority, but in how it engages those with the least demographic weight, Wael Sawah writes for Daraj.
Mardenli affirmed that the group had secured necessary permits.
Steria, Syria’s pioneering stand-up comedy collective, announced the suspension of its scheduled show in Mahrdeh, Enab Baladi reports.
The case coincided with a sweeping arrest campaign by SDF units in Hassakeh province, Ultra Syria writes.
Mazloum Abdi held a meeting with lawyers, human rights advocates, independent activists, and civil society representatives to discuss Syrian-Kurdish dialogue, according to North Press.
While discussions between Damascus and the SDF continue, the Syrian National Dialogue Conference is being positioned as a parallel effort to shape Syria’s future.
Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December, negotiations between the Damascus government and the SDF have been ongoing, though no formal agreement has been reached on all key issues.
The Syrian regime’s Foreign Ministry held the SDF responsible for recent clashes in the eastern governorate of Deir-ez-Zor, Shaam Network writes.
Syria urged the US to withdraw from Syrian territory, according to al-Baath.
Unknown gunmen, likely affiliated with ISIS, targeted with machine guns a military car, on Monday, killing an SDF leader, al-Araby al-Jadeed.
This pattern of attacks signifies an intensification of ISIS’s operational scope, according to Enab Baladi.
Media reports indicate that Turkey’s intelligence service neutralized a senior leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party.
The Kurdish National Council expressed strong condemnation for the abduction of Hussein.
The Hassakeh governorate has been witnessing a severe fuel crisis, according to Syria TV.
