The militia alliance that controls much of north-eastern Syria will merge with new state institutions, the presidency says.

The Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which controls much of Syria's oil-rich northeast, has signed a deal agreeing to integrate into Syria's new state institutions, the Syrian presidency said on Monday.

ALBAWABA- The Syrian Presidency announced the signing of an agreement to integrate the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into state institutions, emphasizi