The Syrian Future Movement is following with grave concern the developments on the ground in the Raqqa countryside between November 19 and 21, 2025, which led to renewed clashes between the Syrian Army and the Syrian Democratic Forces.
We consider these events a crucial test of the parties’ commitment to the terms of the March 10, 2025 agreement, and of the transitional process’s ability to translate political understandings into a stable institutional reality that serves the interests of citizens and guarantees the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the state.
The Syrian Future Movement affirms the following:
- The priority of civilian security and de-escalation. We welcome any agreement that stops the violence and restores calm to the affected areas, and we emphasize that protecting civilians and maintaining public security must be an immediate and non-negotiable priority.
- The necessity of translating agreements into implementation mechanisms. Political texts alone are insufficient if they are not translated into clear field mechanisms that include executive committees, separation points, and independent monitoring mechanisms.
- The priority of confidence-building. Integrating forces and restoring state institutions requires practical confidence-building programs that include symbolic and tangible measures addressing the concerns of the parties and local communities.
- Protecting public resources: We believe that the country’s oil, gas, and border crossings must be managed transparently and used to serve the citizens, not to become a source of conflict that perpetuates the struggle.
We emphasize the importance of balanced international and regional guarantees that support the implementation of agreements without undermining national sovereignty.
The Syrian Future Movement recommends the continuation of the work of the National Executive Committee, which includes representatives of the government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). We further recommend that it include representatives of local communities in the affected areas and neutral international observers, with a clear timetable and measurable performance indicators.
The Syrian Future Movement stresses the necessity of establishing a field mechanism for de-escalation, including temporary separation points, emergency communication lines between field commanders, an immediate documentation system for violations that provides weekly public reports, and the launch of a phased confidence-building program that includes a limited exchange of prisoners and detainees, initial compensation for the families of victims, and urgent service projects in the affected areas managed through a local-central partnership.
The Syrian Future Movement calls for a transparent resource management mechanism that establishes a joint administrative fund for oil, gas, and border crossing revenues. This fund would be overseen by a regulatory body comprised of local representatives and independent observers, with clear allocation mechanisms for financing reconstruction and services. The movement also calls for the implementation of a political roadmap that includes a timetable for integrating military units, rebuilding local institutions, and conducting broad-based constitutional and administrative consultations to pave the way for a stable transition and the implementation of the March Agreement.
The Syrian Future Movement calls on the international community and donor agencies to support reconstruction programs and local capacity building, linking this support to the achievement of clear and transparent performance indicators.
The Syrian Future Movement urges all parties to demonstrate national responsibility and seize this temporary lull to establish the necessary framework for a peaceful transition to a more stable phase. The success of the transitional phase will only be achieved through genuine national consensus that prioritizes the interests of citizens above all else and transforms political agreements into institutions capable of protecting rights, providing services, and building a shared future for all Syrians.
