Has Trump cut a deal to get U.S. troops out of Syria?

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Gen. Mazloum Abdi have an agreement to merge into Syria 's government.

Frida Ghitis : The deal was an attempt by war-weary Syrian factions to stop their country's violence once and for all.

She says the elephant in the room is the massacres against Alawite Muslims last weekend .

Ghitis says the massacres may have presented a strong reason for both sides to avoid fighting each other.

The deal calls for all Syrian oilfields to be returned to the central government, but the SDF has not been keen on giving up its control over a key resource.

The deal also promises to allow displaced Syrians to return home, a reference to Syrian Kurds ethnically cleansed by Turkey and Turkish -backed warlords.

Some SDF supporters worry that the deal doesn't go far enough to preserve the independence of their militias.