Points of the Truce with the People's Protection Units (YPG)

• Country/entity

  Syria
  
• Region

  Middle East and North Africa
  
• Agreement name

  Points of the Truce with the People's Protection Units (YPG)
• Date

  24 Apr 2014
• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed
• Interim arrangement

  Yes
• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/local conflict ( Syrian Conflicts (1948 - ) (1976 - 2005) (2011 - ) )
• Stage

  Ceasefire/related
• Conflict nature

  Inter-group
• Peace process

  Syrian Local Agreements
• Parties

  Joint Operations Room of Ahl al-Sham [Signed]
  People's Defence Units [Signed]
• Third parties

  -
• Description

  Short ceasefire agreement between the Joint Operations Room of Ahl al-Sham and the People's Defence Units (YPG), calling for increased mobility, an exchange of prisoners, the facilitation of living conditions in areas under YPG control, a ban on unannounced checkpoints and a continuation of the siege on Nabil and al-Zahra areas.

• Agreement document

  SY_140424_YPG-Ahl al-Sham Truce_EN.pdf | Download PDF
• Agreement document (original language)

  SY_140424_YPG Ahl al-Sham Truce_AR.pdf | Download PDF

Local agreement properties

• Process type

  Informal but persistent process
  
• Rationale

  -> Local issues only; no external support mechanism; culture of signing No formally-established mechanism supported the negotiation between the signing parties. Moreover, this agreement cannot be linked to the national peace process. Indeed, both groups have a Salafist or separatist ideology; they oppose the rule of Bashar al-Assad in Syria and reject the idea of a national negotiation to solve the conflict. Yet, it seems that both signing parties choose to solve daily pragmatic issues related to their armed struggle through agreements (especially the YPG). Although one cannot speak of a “culture” of singing peace agreements, the parties are involved (in a non-proactive and non-conscious way) in a persistent practice of signing local agreements.
• Is there a documented link to a national peace process?

  No
• Link to national process: articulated rationale

  No link to the national peace process in Syria is mentioned in the agreement, neither it can be inferred from further research. First, the agreement does not involve local governance actors; and the signing parties themselves are not official state representative. Second, all parties to the agreement reject the national peace process, as it would maintain Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian government in power.
• Name of Locale

  Aleppo
• Nature Of Locale

  Region
• GPS Lat/Long (DD)

  36.371434, 37.003715
• Participant type

  Local armed group
  
• Mediator, facilitator or similar

  No mention of mediator or similar

Local issues

Joint Operations Room of Ahl al-Sham

Points of the Truce with the People's Defence Units (YPG)

24 April 2014

1. The interim truce in Aleppo and the surrounding country is the 'first stage' between the Joint Operations Room of Ahl al-Sham and People's Defence Units.

2. Continuation of traffic on the roads belonging to the two parties by prior agreement and official documentation specifying the destination and make of car sealed by Ahl al-Sham.

3. Exchange prisoners between the parties 'whitening the prisons'.

4. Facilitate living conditions of the inhabitants of YPG areas.

5. Forbid the establishment of military checkpoints except when both parties have prior knowledge in the areas under the influence of the YPG.

6. Provide for the siege on the areas of Nabil and al-Zahra and prevent the movement of all human elements in the region.

7. This six-month agreement can be extended

Joint Operations Room of Ahl al-Sham [Signed]

People's Defence Units [Signed]