Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Kurds Claim Federal Region in Northern Syria

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Syrian Kurds declared a federal region Thursday in areas they control in the northern part of the country, a move that was immediately rejected by both the Syrian government and an opposition group. The declaration also complicates Syrian peace talks underway in Geneva. The declaration, approved at a Kurdish conference in Rmeilan, would unite three Kurdish-controlled provinces to create a self-run region within Syria, not unlike an area Kurds have controlled in neighboring Iraq since...

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