QAMISHLI, Syria: Security personnel linked 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 personnel.
A convoy of security personnel entered the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli, in the countryside of Al-Hasakah province – where they entered on Monday. Small security force contingents under the Interior Ministry will enter Kurdish-majority regions as part of the agreement. Their role is confined to safeguarding state-affiliated institutions, including civil register offices, passport departments and the airport, and to restart activity at those facilities.
Before the deployment, Amuda Street, the main thoroughfare into Qamishli, was noticeably more secure. Since the SDF enforced a curfew, the streets were mostly deserted, stores were closed, and highly armed SDF soldiers and local Kurdish security forces were dispersed around the main thoroughfares and crossroads.
Some fighters had their faces covered, and some women were among the personnel deployed. Closed shopfronts were lined with Kurdish flags and the yellow banners of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units.
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