A delegation from the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab political forces from northern Syria, agreed with Damascus this week to "project a roadmap to a democratic, decentralized state in Syria" that could allow them to retain part of the autonomy they gained during the conflict, including east the Euphrates River, where US-led Coalition forces are fighting ISIS. The agreement was reached when the SDC delegation visited Damascus this week for talks with Syrian officials over a political deal that preserves such autonomy. Although Damascus did not uncover any official statement about the content of those talks, SDC co-chair Riad Darar told Asharq Al-Awsat on Saturday: “We are settled in this land that we have liberated and want to give it back to the Syrian state.” However, he said, “The state is not the regime. We want the State of Syrias post-political treaty.” An agreement was reached in Damascus between the two sides to form committees to help facilitate talks and solve pending issues to end violence and war. It came as a compromise between the two sides, given that Damascus focused on controlling border crossings with Turkey and Iraq and sending security forces to the east of the Euphrates River, while the SDC prioritized restoring services before moving to bigger issues related to borders and security. Neither side explained how many committees would be formed or the date for their establishment. However, sources said those committees would tackle military, security, economic, services and legal issues. Separately, the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces issued a statement saying that the Assad regime distributed to civil records in governorates lists of prisoners who died under torture, revealing the multitude of war crimes and crimes against humanity taking place in regime-run detention centers. It said the Assad regime has recently been issuing death notices to families of detainees who were killed under torture. “Human rights activists said that the lists included 1,000 names of detainees from the Damascus suburb of Daraya, 750 from Hasakah, 550 from Aleppo, 460 from the Damascus suburb of Muamdiyya, and 30 from the town of Yabroud in Rural Damascus,” the Coalition added.