KURDISTAN (SYRIA)

'Integration' document from Damascus to Rojava without specifying an interlocutor

The "integration proposal document" signed by the Syrian Ministry of Defense was forwarded to the Autonomous Administration through intermediaries without specifying the addressee. The document, which imposes disorganization and vulnerability, resembles a text signed by Yaşar Güler translated from Turkish into Arabic.


HALIL CEMAL*

HESEKÊ
Friday, December 19, 2025, 


A unique integration proposal document of the Syrian Ministry of Defense, dated 07-12-2025, from which it is not known where it was sent, was delivered to the officials of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria through intermediaries a week ago. However, no official response has been given by the Autonomous Administration regarding this document so far.

The project is signed by the Ministry of Defense, but it is not specified to whom it was sent, that is, the addressee person or institution. I guess there was a concern that if the name of the relevant institution was written, it would be thought that the addressee was taken. In other words, as stated by different commentators or institutions that provided explanatory information, not even for the first time, and finally, the Autonomous Administration or the SDF were not addressed. Therefore, it should be stated from the beginning that the comments such as "the Autonomous Administration was addressed with this document for the first time" are wrong.

The document consists of 6 main headings. Apart from these, there are 2 more headings. While 7 of these headings are the steps to be taken by the Autonomous Administration, that is, the steps to be taken, the last article is supposedly listed as the duties of the government.

Of course, there will be a lot to be said about this document, which has been discussed and evaluated based on some sources without naming names. But in this article, as stated by various people and press organs, the source will not be cited. For this reason, it will not be possible to evaluate this document, which is described in form, item by item in this article.

Since the document was signed by the Ministry of Defense, it can be thought that only the SDF issue was discussed. But it is not.

The subject of SDF is covered. However, the way it is processed is not as expressed by the Autonomous Administration so far. The integration will take place in the form of three separate military units (based in Hesekê, Deir al-Zor, Reqa). Accordingly, the HTS Command, that is, the Ministry of Defense, according to the document, was shown as the approval authority of the SDF's promotion-appointment system, that is, the commanders and officials. So a commander can be proposed. However, the proposed person will be interviewed for approval. The institution that will conduct the interview is not described in the document. However, when the subject is discussed through the logic of the document, it can easily be said that this institution is the HTS command. A very detailed framework has been drawn regarding what needs to be done in this regard. Many topics such as the records of SDF fighters and commanders, the delivery of the SDF inventory and everything subject to the inventory to HTS, the complete transfer of the deployment system and infrastructure works, etc. are mentioned in this document.

The most interesting aspect of this document is that although it was signed by the Ministry of Defense, attention was also drawn to issues such as what the place of the Kurds in the system would be, how people would be included in the state bureaucracy, how energy resources, customs gates would be handled, etc.

With these features, the document is in a content that exceeds the dimensions of the Ministry of Defense and should bear the signature of Jolani, who is ready to do anything to make it permanent, but it is not clear whether it is temporary or permanent.

The time period in which this document was published is also very important. It is quite meaningful that the Damascus HTS government, which has not had any official discourse and not a single step taken in this regard other than the March 10 Agreement for a year, presented such a document in a hurry, without specifying the addressee, and through intermediaries in the last days of the year. Especially at a time when the Turkish ruling wing is making very intense evaluations on reconciliation and integration and forcing the Autonomous Administration to surrender under the name of integration, sending such an unclear document actually means ignoring the Autonomous Administration. In other words, as stated by press commentators or in the statements made, this document does not include being addressed. It means an imperative imposed as "You will do what I say".

On the other hand, this document seems to be a copy of the reports prepared by the ruling wing. There, too, Kurdish denial is grinning. Surrender is tried to be presented as a solution. Under the name of a solution, disorganization and lack of defense mechanisms are imposed. And for the Autonomous Administration, it is wanted to say that "if you do not surrender by the end of the year, the military option, that is, occupation, is on the table". This document, as can be understood from its language, appears as a text translated from Turkish into Arabic and signed by Yaşar Güler.

Considering all this, all Autonomous Administration components and friends, especially the Kurds, need to be prepared for a new wave of genocide. For this reason, it is one of the main duties of our day to avoid discourses that make our people and our peoples complacent. Let us not forget that freedom can only be the work of peoples who are organized and have a self-defense mechanism. For this reason, now is not the time to be complacent, but to be prepared for the most comprehensive resistance.

* Article taken from ANHA