New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces announced a new agreement on Friday with the country's central government in Damascus to stabilize a ceasefire that ended weeks of fighting and to lay out steps toward integrating the two sides.

The development is the latest as Syria's new leaders have struggled since toppling former President Bashar Assad in December 2024 to assert their full authority over the country torn by nearly 14 years of civil war.

An agreement was reached in March that would merge the Kurdish-led SDF with Damascus's new security forces, but it didn't gain traction.

The SDF lost most of its territory in northeast Syria to a government offensive after intense clashes erupted in the northern city of ...