Informed sources with knowledge of high-level closed-door meetings reported to Reuters that the Syrian government's swift takeover of territories long held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) took shape in a series of crucial meetings, the most significant of which was held earlier this month in Paris. The following day, a Syrian delegation traveled to Paris to hold talks with Israel regarding a US-brokered security agreement. It was reported that on January 4th, a Syrian minister abruptly ended a meeting in Damascus between Syrian government officials and the SDF regarding integration, according to three Kurdish officials. Syrian officials accuse Israel of supporting the forces
