The agreement, which includes a ceasefire, will see the Kurdish administration and forces integrate into the state. It comes after deadly clashes in the Syrian city of Raqa on Sunday between Kurdish-led forces and local fighters loyal to Damascus.

Kurdish-led SDF accuses Syrian forces of violating withdrawal deal as they take key towns and oilfields.

DEIR HAFER: Syria’s army has seized swathes of the country’s north, dislodging Kurdish forces from territory over which they held effective autonomy for more than a decade. The…