Syria’s leader has brokered a ceasefire with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces after Syrian government troops captured most of the country’s Kurdish-held region in a rapid offensive.

Military takes control of Tabqa in Raqqa governorate, and President al-Sharaa signs a decree recognising Kurdish rights.

Syrian troops fighting U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces seized the Omar oil field, the country’s largest, and the Conoco gas field in the eastern Deir Zor province as allied Arab tribal forces advanced in the oil-rich area along the border with Iraq,

In the space of two days, the Syrian military, aided by tribal militia, has driven Kurdish forces from wide swathes of northern Syria that they have held for more than a decade.

Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have exchanged fire in eastern Aleppo province.

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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 government appeared to be extending its grip on Kurdish-run areas after Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree declaring Kurdish a “national language” and granting the minority group official recognition.