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US envoy meets SDF commander, calls for Syria ceasefire to be upheld
After meeting with the SDF’s commander, US’s Tom Barrack said all parties agreed upholding the truce is ‘essential’.
US Envoy Tom Barrack says the Syrian government is taking the SDF’s former position as the ‘anti-ISIS (ISIL)’ force.
Damascus’ priority remains restoring the rule of law, protecting civilians and ending the presence of all unauthorized weapons,’ Syrian source says - Anadolu Ajansı
Syria's government accused the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces of attacks it said killed 11 soldiers on Wednesday, but the SDF disputed key elements of the account, blaming at least one deadly blast on explosives being moved by Syrian troops.
Syria’s tribes, sensing it was time to split from the Kurds and ally with Syria’s government, mobilised. That spelled the end for the sdf. The group’s military campaign against is was internationally lauded,
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - US Senator Lindsey Graham on Friday said there is a “strong consensus” in the Senate to protect the Kurds who helped defeat the Islamic State (ISIS), reflecting growing bipartisan concern over Syria’s deteriorating situation.
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What the SDF's retreat in Syria means for Turkey
Syrian Democratic Forces' withdrawal marks a turning point in Ankara's push for PKK dissolution
YPG/SDF reportedly abducted dozens of Arab civilians overnight in Syria’s Hasakah, despite ceasefire warnings by Damascus - Anadolu Ajansı