Syria has announced an immediate nationwide ceasefire with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, ending nearly two weeks of clashes, even as Christians and other minorities remain concerned that the agreement does little to ease fears of continued persecution and instability.

Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Monday that despite Sunday's declared ceasefire with Syrian government forces, factions affiliated with Damascus continue to attack the SDF. Concerns are rising regarding the prisons for members of the terrorist organization Islamic State,

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In the space of two days, the Syrian military, aided by tribal militia, has driven Kurdish forces from wide swathes of northern Syria that they have held for more than a decade.

Syria’s President Ahmad al-Sharaa “affirmed that the injustices witnessed in Syria during the decades of the deposed regime’s rule affected all segments of the Syrian population without exception.”

The SDF and the armed factions that assumed control in Damascus also have more than a decade of tensions and hostilities behind them, making the line drawn between them in northeast Syria particularly thick.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Friday rejected the Syrian Arab Army’s calls for its fighters to join the national army, calling the appeal a sign of political and military weakness amid escalating tensions in northern Syria.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said that it asked for help from a U.S. coalition base but that it "did not intervene, despite repeated calls for intervention."