Syrianhttps://en.protothema.gr/tag/syria/ Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Kasra and the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces, General Mazlum Abdi, agreed today to a general ceasefire on all fronts in northern and northeastern Syria, the Defense Ministry said.

The ceasefire will take effect immediately, the ministry added.

The recent clashes between the two sides overshadow a landmark agreement signed in March between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and Syria’s new Islamist-led government to integrate the regional force into state institutions.

The deal was intended to help unite a country fragmented by 14 years of civil war and pave the way for the Kurdish-led forces that control a quarter of Syria to join Damascus, along with regional Kurdish governing bodies.