Türkiye’s support to Syria, particularly the fight against terrorism, will continue, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told Syria’s President Ahmad al-Sharaa on Sunday.

Erdoğan and al-Sharaa discussed the latest developments in Syria in a phone call, the Turkish Communications Directorate said in a statement.

"Complete removal of terrorism from Syrian territory is necessary for both Syria and the entire region,” Erdoğan said.

Earlier on Sunday, al-Sharaa announced a comprehensive Cease-fire and Full Integration Agreement between the Syrian government and the SDF, outlining sweeping measures to restore state authority in the country's northeast. The SDF is dominated by the terrorist group YPG, the Syrian branch of the terrorist PKK.

Türkiye is a major supporter of post-Assad Syria and views the YPG as a threat to its own national security. Ankara has hinted that it may resort to a military option in Syria as it did in the past to thwart the YPG's ambitions, but repeatedly called for dialogue to resolve the dispute between the YPG and Damascus. When the YPG insisted on not following up on the deal to integrate into the Syrian army, Damascus launched a sweeping offensive last Friday to take back areas occupied by the YPG since the civil war. Over the weekend, the army, backed by tribes launching an uprising against the YPG, retained control in the west of the River Euphrates, from Raqqa and Deir ez-Zour to Deir Hafir.

Ankara has campaigned for the removal of terrorist groups from its southern border for a long time, accusing foreign powers of giving them room in Syria. After the declaration of the deal on Sunday, Turkish social media was awash with messages praising Erdoğan's remarks 11 years ago, where he told an audience in Istanbul that Türkiye would not allow a state by terrorist groups to be established in northern Syria, in reference to the YPG.