In March, SDF leader Mazlum Abdi flew to Damascus, with backing from US Central Command, to discuss a road map for integrating the SDF into the new Syrian security forces.

The head of the U.S. military's Central Command has met with Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Damascus, a rare meeting between the new Syrian leader and a top U.S. military officer.

Syrian government fighters entered the city of Sweida over the summer in an apparent bid to assert control over the enclave ...