Syria's Jolani Vows To Disarm The Pentagon-Backed Kurds

"The career jihadist and leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Damascus on Sunday, in a first since the overthrow of Assad earlier this month.
One of the more interesting moments from Sunday's presser came when Jolani put the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on notice.

Jolani emphasized that all weapons in Syria will come under state control. He declared that all armed "factions will begin to announce their dissolution and enter the army." Given that Assad's former Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is no longer in existence, this means HTS is working on establishing a national military under its command.
In the remarks alongside the top Turkish diplomat, Jolani directly called out the Kurdish-dominated SDF, which has for years been trained and armed by the Pentagon:
"We will absolutely not allow there to be weapons in the country outside state control, whether from the revolutionary factions or the factions present in the SDF area," he added, referring to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
Turkey views the main component of the US-backed force, which controls swathes of north and northeast Syria, as being linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), its outlawed domestic foe.
The "SDF area" of control is in reference to the Deir Ezzor and Hasakeh regions (east of the Euphrates) in the country's northeast, where the country's oil and gas fields are located. Currently the SDF is battling a Turkish offensive near the northern border area." ZH