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Libya’s Dbeibeh Reveals Plan to Rehabilitate Youth Members of Militias

Dbeibeh during the launch of the project on Saturday. (Dbeibeh's press office)
Dbeibeh during the launch of the project on Saturday. (Dbeibeh's press office)
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Libya’s Dbeibeh Reveals Plan to Rehabilitate Youth Members of Militias

Dbeibeh during the launch of the project on Saturday. (Dbeibeh's press office)
Dbeibeh during the launch of the project on Saturday. (Dbeibeh's press office)

Head of Libya’s Government of National Unity (GNU) Abdulhamid Dbeibeh launched on Saturday an ambitious project to rehabilitate youth members of militias.

The project aims to rehabilitate and reintegrate them in society and even allow them to join state institutions.

Launching the project in Tripoli, Dbeibeh said the GNU was planning on presenting the best youth programs “as part of its efforts to secure a prosperous future for all segments of society.”

The possession of weapons will be limited to those who defend the country and its borders, “not those who fight each other,” he stressed.

He called on the youth to join efforts to rebuild Libya and to shun slogans of war and destruction.

“We must work together for Libya’s stable present and build its future,” he urged.

The youth project will aim to attract all youths and provide opportunities to raise their competencies and provide them with a better education, including scientific, technical and electrical trainings.

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Kurdish Fighters Leave Northern City in Syria as Part of Deal with Central Government

A first contingent of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters leave Aleppo, headed for SDF-controlled northeastern Syria, in Aleppo, Syria, 04 April 2025. (EPA)
A first contingent of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters leave Aleppo, headed for SDF-controlled northeastern Syria, in Aleppo, Syria, 04 April 2025. (EPA)
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Kurdish Fighters Leave Northern City in Syria as Part of Deal with Central Government

A first contingent of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters leave Aleppo, headed for SDF-controlled northeastern Syria, in Aleppo, Syria, 04 April 2025. (EPA)
A first contingent of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters leave Aleppo, headed for SDF-controlled northeastern Syria, in Aleppo, Syria, 04 April 2025. (EPA)

Scores of US-backed Kurdish fighters left two neighborhoods in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo Friday as part of a deal with the central government in Damascus, which is expanding its authority in the country.

The fighters left the predominantly Kurdish northern neighborhoods of Sheikh Maksoud and Achrafieh, which had been under the control of Kurdish fighters in Aleppo over the past decade.

The deal is a boost to an agreement reached last month between Syria’s interim government and the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country’s northeast. The deal could eventually lead to the merger of the main US-backed force in Syria into the Syrian army.

The withdrawal of fighters from the US-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) came a day after dozens of prisoners from both sides were freed in Aleppo, Syria’s largest city.

Syria’s state news agency, SANA, reported that government forces were deployed along the road that SDF fighters will use to move between Aleppo and areas east of the Euphrates River, where the Kurdish-led force controls nearly a quarter of Syria.

Sheikh Maksoud and Achrafieh had been under SDF control since 2015 and remained so even when forces of ousted President Bashar al-Assad captured Aleppo in late 2016. The two neighborhoods remained under SDF control when forces loyal to current interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa captured the city in November, and days later captured the capital, Damascus, removing Assad from power.

After being marginalized for decades under the rule of the Assad family rule, the deal signed last month promises Syria’s Kurds “constitutional rights,” including using and teaching their language, which were banned for decades.

Hundreds of thousands of Kurds, who were displaced during Syria’s nearly 14-year civil war, will return to their homes. Thousands of Kurds living in Syria who have been deprived of nationality for decades under Assad will be given the right of citizenship, according to the agreement.

Kurds made up 10% of the country’s prewar population of 23 million. Kurdish leaders say they don’t want full autonomy with their own government and parliament. They want decentralization and room to run their day-to day-affairs.