Syria’s interim government has reached a deal with the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country’s northeast

The Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which controls much of Syria's oil-rich northeast, signed a deal with the Damascus government on Monday to join Syria's new state institutions,

Syria’s government said it has reached a deal to integrate a Kurdish-dominated armed faction into state institutions, a significant breakthrough for the interim administration as it seeks to extend its control over the fractured country.