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Deadly Clashes in Aleppo as Turkey Urges Kurds Not to Be Obstacle to Syria's Stability

This is Beirut, 22/12 22:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

The Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces on Monday ordered their fighters to cease fire following deadly clashes that came as Turkey's top diplomat urged the Kurds to integrate into the Syrian army. At least three people were killed in the clashes, which came ahead of a deadline for implementing a March 10 agreement between Damascus and ...

Turkish Ministers to Meet Syria's Sharaa in Damascus

This is Beirut, 22/12 17:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Turkish and Syrian foreign ministers held a joint press conference after talks in Damascus, focusing on relations between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Turkey’s foreign minister said discussions covered ongoing talks with the SDF and reaffirmed Ankara’s support for integrating the group into Syrian forces in a ...

SDF Arrest Senior IS Cell Leader in Syria's Eastern Deir Ezzor

This is Beirut, 21/12 19:50 - Reading : less than a minute

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The Syrian Democratic Forces said in a statement on Sunday that their elite units arrested a senior Islamic State cell leader during a security operation in eastern Deir Ezzor province. The SDF said the suspect supplied weapons, ammunition, and explosive devices to Islamic State cells operating in the area, describing him as one of the group’s ...

Thousands of Syrian Kurds Rally for Decentralization

This is Beirut, 17/09 16:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Thousands of people in Kurdish-controlled northeastern Syria rallied Wednesday in support of their autonomous administration and called for decentralization as negotiations with Damascus over the region's future stall. Damascus and Syria's Kurds have been in talks to integrate Kurdish civil and military institutions into the central government ...

Syria, Kurdish Officials Meet after Paris Talks Canned

This is Beirut, 12/08 16:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Syria's foreign minister and a senior official in the country's Kurdish administration have met in Damascus, sources from both sides told AFP on Tuesday, days after the government boycotted talks in France. Damascus had said it would not participate in the Paris talks after the Kurds hosted a meeting last week involving Syria's Druze and Alawite ...

Kurdish Delegation Heads to Damascus for Talks

This is Beirut, 31/05 16:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A delegation from northeast Syria's semi-autonomous Kurdish administration was headed to Damascus on Saturday for talks on implementing a March deal to integrate Kurdish institutions into the state, a member of the delegation said. Under the agreement signed by Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Mazloum Abdi, head of the Kurdish-led ...

Syrian Defense Minister Signals Openness to Kurdish Talks but Ready to Use 'Force'

This is Beirut, 22/01 16:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Syria's Defense Minister said on Wednesday that Damascus was open to talks with a Kurdish-led group on its dismantling, but did not rule out the use of force should negotiations fail. "The door to negotiation with the (Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces) SDF is currently open," Murhaf Abu Qasra told reporters including AFP. "If we have to use ...

Syria Kurds Reject Any 'Division' Threatening National Unity

This is Beirut, 08/01 23:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US-backed Kurdish forces who control an autonomous region in northeastern Syria said Wednesday they had told the new Damascus authorities they did not want to break away from the rest of the country. "We agree that we are for the unity and integrity of Syrian territory and reject any division projects that threaten the country's ...

Syria's de Facto Leader Ahmed al-Sharaa Meets Minority Christians

This is Beirut, 2024-12-31 21:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa met with senior Christian clerics on Tuesday, amid calls on the Islamist chief to guarantee minority rights after seizing power earlier this month. "The leader of the new Syrian administration, Ahmed al-Sharaa, meets a delegation from the Christian community in Damascus," Syria's General Command said in a ...

Erdogan Warns Kurdish Militia in Syria to Lay Down Arms

This is Beirut, 2024-12-25 18:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated on Wednesday that Kurdish militants in Syria must either surrender their weapons or “be buried,” amid ongoing hostilities between Turkey-backed Syrian fighters and Kurdish militants following the fall of Bashar al-Assad this month, according to a report on Reuters. Since Assad's departure, Ankara ...

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