Syrian Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi said Sunday he agreed to a deal with Damascus including a ceasefire to avoid broader war, after government troops advanced across Kurdish-held areas of the country’s north and east.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“In order for this war not to turn into civil war... we accepted to withdraw from the Deir Ezzor and Raqa regions to Hasakeh,” Abdi, head of the US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, said in a statement broadcast by Kurdish television channel Ronahi.He said he would explain the deal in detail to Syria’s Kurds after returning from Damascus, where he is expected to meet Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Monday.Read more: Al-Sharaa insists on sovereignty over all Syria as forces advance against KurdsSyrian government, SDF agree on immediate ceasefire on all fronts Kurdish commander calls on US to ‘intervene forcefully’ in Syria clashes