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US-backed Kurd-led alliance hails first visit to Damascus
QAMISHLI, Syria, July 27, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – A delegation from a US-backed
Kurdish-led alliance that controls much of northern and northeastern Syria is
holding talks in Damascus for the first time, an alliance official said on
Friday.
The delegation from the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces is
meeting regime officials to discuss the future of the autonomous
administrations it has set up in areas under its control, the official said.
“A delegation from the Syrian Democratic Council is paying a first official
visit to Damascus at the invitation of the government,” the council’s Arab
co-chair Riad Darar said.
“We are working towards a settlement for northern Syria,” he added.
BSS/AFP/IJ/1346 hrs