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2025-06-03 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
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SDF, Damascus swap nearly 500 prisoners
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[Rudaw] The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the interim government in Damascus conducted a second round of prisoner swaps in northern Aleppo on Monday, involving approximately 500 detainees from both sides.
The SDF-linked Ronahi TV reported that a total of 469 detainees from both sides were released, including 293 Kurdish fighters and civilians, as well as 176 members of groups affiliated to the Damascus authorities.
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Syria’s state-run SANA roughly estimated the figure at around 400.
The state-owned Syrian news channel, al-Ikhbariyah, on Monday relayed that the Internal Security Directorate in Aleppo had finalized preparations for the exchange, deploying forces to the al-Awarid area, near the entrance of the Kurdish-majority Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood in northern Aleppo.
Ikhbariah added that the prisoner swap was carried out under the terms of the landmark agreement signed on March 10 between SDF commander Mazloum Abdi and Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa. The Abdi-Sharaa deal outlines the integration of "all civil and military institutions in northeast Syria [Rojava] under the administration of the Syrian state."
In early April, the SDF and the Damascus administration signed a follow up agreement - reportedly in the presence of American representation. This subsequent deal established a framework for joint security oversight in northern Aleppo’s Kurdish-majority quarters of Ashrafieh and Sheikh Maqsood, and provisions for ongoing prisoner exchanges.
The second round of prisoner exchange "comes as a culmination of previous negotiation rounds within a comprehensive national vision to address humanitarian and security issues in the country’s northeast," Ikhbariah said.
The swap of the second batch of prisoners had initially been scheduled for the previous week but was reportedly postponed after Damascus refused to release several SDF female fighters. Importantly, Monday's exchange included seven female fighters of the SDF, according to a statement by the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ). The latter is the all-women branch of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) - the backbone of the SDF.
The first round of the swap took place in early April, during which the SDF secured the release of 146 captives, while the Syrian government received 97 of its detainees.
Monday’s prisoner exchange notably came a day after a delegation from northeast Syria (Rojava) met on Sunday with the committee appointed by Syria’s new leadership to finalize the implementation of the Abdi-Sharaa March agreement.
The Rojava representatives said the talks focused on "reactivating" the file on Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh, with the aim of resolving it in a manner that "serves stability and civil peace." 
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