After assembly with the SDF’s commander, the US’s Tom Barrack mentioned all events agreed that upholding the truce is ‘important’.
Printed On 22 Jan 2026
America has reiterated assist for a ceasefire in Syria’s north, urging the federal government and Kurdish-led forces to undertake “confidence-building measures” after latest clashes.
US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack made the diplomatic attraction on Thursday after assembly with Mazloum Abdi, commander-in-chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and Ilham Ahmed, a number one Syrian Kurdish politician.
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“All events agreed that the important first step is the complete upholding of the present ceasefire, as we collectively establish and implement confidence-building measures on all sides to foster belief and lasting stability,” he wrote on X.
Barrack additionally renewed US backing for an settlement signed on January 18 between the Syrian authorities and the SDF on integrating the Kurdish-led forces into state establishments, as a part of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s push to unify Syria.
Disagreement over how such integration would work had led to latest bouts of battle between the federal government and the SDF, which had sought continued autonomy for some Kurdish-majority areas.
Over a number of weeks, Syrian authorities forces attacked quite a few SDF-held areas, taking management of Aleppo, Raqqa and Deir Az Zor.
Territories seized by the federal government embody a few of Syria’s largest oilfields, agricultural land and jails holding ISIL (ISIS) prisoners, 150 of whom have already been transferred to Iraq, which says it plans to provoke authorized proceedings in opposition to them.
Beneath a ceasefire introduced on Tuesday, Syria’s authorities gave the SDF 4 days to provide you with a plan for its remaining enclaves to merge, and mentioned authorities troops wouldn’t enter two remaining SDF-held cities – Hasakah and Qamishli – if a deal was reached. Each the SDF and the federal government have since accused one another of breaching the truce.
The SDF, as soon as the US’s prime ally in Syria to counter ISIL, seems to have misplaced leverage as US President Donald Trump strengthens ties with the nation’s new chief, al-Sharaa. Barrack mentioned on Tuesday that the SDF’s position because the “major anti-ISIS power on the bottom has largely expired” as Damascus steps up.
“The actual fact of the matter is, for the SDF, they’ve basically outlived their usefulness to the US,” mentioned Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith.
