The Syrian Democratic Council views the recent agreement between the Syrian interim government and the Syrian Democratic Forces as a step within a complex process aimed at ending escalation, preventing a slide into further chaos, and creating the conditions for a new political phase that requires a fundamental addressing of the root causes of the conflict, rather than merely managing its consequences. The Council stresses that any political or security understandings can only be assessed based on their practical commitment to protecting civilians, guaranteeing Syrians’ civil and political rights, ensuring the safe and dignified return of displaced persons, and preserving social peace and community stability.
The Syrian Democratic Council’s engagement with these developments is consistent with its political approach, which is based on dialogue and peaceful solutions, and with its awareness of the scale of transformations taking place in Syria and the region, and the responsibilities these transformations impose, namely, a responsible transition from the logic of managing geography and conflict to the logic of national political action and the building of broad Syrian consensus. In this context, the Council affirms that its support for any negotiation process reflects its role as a democratic political force seeking to prevent the return of authoritarianism and to reject the reproduction of the causes of the crisis. In the same context, the Syrian Democratic Council strongly condemns the resort to violence and military confrontation as a means of managing political disputes. It considers that the military escalation witnessed in the Syrian coast, in Suwayda, and subsequently in North and East Syria, followed by partial and temporary agreements, reflects an evasion of the fundamental responsibility to ensure the success of the transitional phase and to build a comprehensive national path toward a political solution.
The Council emphasizes that the current stage requires rebuilding trust among the components of the Syrian people, preventing strife, strengthening Arab–Kurdish partnership, and reinforcing the role of civil and political forces as the true guarantor of the country’s unity and stability, away from the logic of domination or exclusion. It also reaffirms its commitment to maintaining its national and international relations that support stability, counterterrorism efforts, and the protection of rights and freedoms, within the framework of respect for Syrian sovereignty and the will of its people.
As it follows this critical phase and the challenges it entails, the Syrian Democratic Council affirms its continued work in accordance with its national political program and its assumption of its historical responsibilities, stemming from its conviction that what Syria is witnessing today is not the end of a path, but rather a moment of transformation that obliges all democratic forces to reorganize their roles and to defend Syrians’ aspirations for freedom, dignity, justice, and democracy.
