Syrian government accuses Kurdish leaders of “treason” for organising a conference with allied Arab tribes, to plot out the political future of territory under their alliance’s control.
Mazloum Kobani, commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces , speaks with AFP during an interview in the countryside outside the northwestern Syrian city of Hasakah, in the province of the same name, on January 24, 2019. – Any deal between Syria’s Kurds and the Damascus regime should respect the “special status” of Kurdish-led forces who fought the Islamic State group, Kobani said.
Buoyed by its recapture of most of the rest of Syria, Damascus is now demanding that alliance-held areas too return to central government control. The state SANA news agency quoted a foreign ministry source as accusing organisers of the conference in the alliance-held but mainly Arab town of Ain Issa of “treason”.
In his address to Friday’s conference, the leader of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazloum Kobani, said that Damascus would need to recognise the authority of the Kurdish administration in northeastern Syria as well as the “special status” of the alliance and its role in defending the region against IS.
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