Hasakah, northeastern Syria– The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have opened a reconciliation cantre in a village south of Qamishli, offering former fighters affiliated with the Syrian government an opportunity to regularize their status, SDF-affiliated sources told +963.
The centre, located in the village of Jirmaz, is the first of its kind in northeast Syria and is part of a broader effort to bolster security and stability in the region, the SDF’s military relations office said. The initiative is being implemented in coordination with the Asayish, the internal security forces of the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration.
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The reconciliation process targets individuals armed by the Syrian regime prior to its loss of control in the northeast. Those eligible are being asked to hand over state-issued weapons and military equipment within a 45-day window, the source added.
The SDF said additional centres are planned in other areas of northeastern Syria once the initial process concludes.
“This initiative aims to strengthen regional security and give former regime elements a path to legal reintegration,” the SDF military relations centre said in a statement.
The move comes amid ongoing SDF security operations against loyalists of the Assad regime in Deir al-Zor province. In recent months, SDF units have detained several former regime affiliates and seized caches of weapons in raids across eastern Syria, including in the towns of Gharanij, al-Kashkiyah, and al-Jeneina.
The reconciliation initiative reflects the SDF’s efforts to consolidate control in the autonomous northeast, where they have governed since wresting territory from both the Islamic State and the Syrian government during the country’s protracted civil war.
