Dr. Hamza al-Mustafa says Syria seeks peaceable answer, accuses SDF of failing to honour settlement

Dr. Hamza al‑Mustafa, Syria’s Info Minister in Damascus, articulates the Syrian authorities’s place on the continued confrontation with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). At its core, the change centres on competing visions for the way forward for Syria: one which emphasises state sovereignty and territorial unity below a single authorities, and one which entails parts throughout the SDF in search of de facto autonomy. Dr. al‑Mustafa frames the battle not as a spontaneous escalation, however as a continuation of unresolved political agreements.