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Syria's Kurdish forces have dissolved their separate military structure and are integrating fighters into the Syrian army, a step Damascus characterizes as progress in its effort to bring the country under central government control.
The merger moves a formerly autonomous regional force inside the national command chain. Central authority in Syria has required absorbing forces that operated outside the state's control.
The Kurdish military's dissolution is a concrete instance: a distinct armed faction ends its independent existence and folds into the army. Damascus frames the outcome as a step forward in a push still under way.
No troop figures, formal timelines, or financial terms appear in the reported agreement. What the move establishes is structural.
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