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Syrian Kurds Say They Will 'Chart Roadmap to Decentralized Syria' With Damascus

Sat, 07/28/2018 - 2:12pm

Syrian Kurds Say They Will 'Chart Roadmap to Decentralized Syria' With Damascus – Reuters

A Syrian Kurdish group said on Saturday it had decided with the government to "chart a roadmap to a democratic and decentralized Syria", but there was no immediate confirmation from Damascus.

Relations between the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad and the Kurdish-led administration in the northeast, the two sides that hold the most territory in Syria, have been pivotal in the course of the seven-year-old civil war.

However, while they have mostly avoided direct conflict, they have articulated sharply opposing visions for the future, with the Kurds seeking autonomy in a decentralized state, and Damascus wanting to restore full central control.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) said it and the government had decided to "form committees on various levels" to develop negotiations, end the violence engulfing Syria and chart a roadmap to democracy and decentralization…

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