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Thousands of people went out to the streets of most Syrian populations of the autonomy installed in the north-east of the country to celebrate the pact of the stop of hostilities that will interrupt the offensive launched by Turkey.

In the town of Hasaka dozens of cars gathered around the Assyrian Church Square, in the heart of the town, between repeated shootings in the air and young people dancing in the surroundings.

The general joy does not hide the enormous doubts that this pact raises that has already been welcomed with enormous suspicions by the Kurdish forces, which would have to make serious concessions.

Saleh Muslim, the former leader of the Democratic Union Party - the political arm of the Kurdish militias - warned that his followers "will defend themselves if they are attacked."

"One thing is a ceasefire and another thing is surrender. We are willing to defend ourselves. We will not accept the occupation of northern Syria," he said in statements to a local broadcaster.

Out of the details of this treaty, the local population could not hide their desire to put an end to the nth military fray suffered by Syria.

"We want to live together with the Arabs, Christians and the rest of the minorities. This is a celebration in memory of the thousands of dead we have laid. His blood has not been shed in vain, " said Oger, a 25-year-old Kurdish militant who attended the noise in the streets.

Others, such as Bashir, 50, admitted their reluctance for Bashar Asad's forces to deploy in this territory.

"The most important thing is to maintain the rights that we Kurds have. What the regime did has been much worse than what Turkey has done," he said.

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