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Syrian security forces continue to deploy in Kurdish areas under deal with SDF
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Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) combatants welcome the arrival of a convoy Syria's Interior Ministry security forces, deployed under an agreement aimed at stabilizing a ceasefire, in Qamishli, eastern Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. - photo by AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad
QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — Security forces affiliated with Syria’s Interior Ministry continued Tuesday to deploy in Kurdish-dominated areas in northeastern Syria as part of an agreement between Damascus and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. A convoy of security forces entered the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli, in the countryside of al-Hasakah province — where they entered on Monday. Under the deal, small contingents of security forces reporting to the Interior Ministry will enter Kurdish-majority areas.