US-backed Kurd-led alliance hails first visit to Damascus

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US-backed Kurd-led alliance hails first visit to Damascus
AFP

DAMASCUS, Syria: A US-backed Kurdish-led alliance is holding talks in Damascus for the first time on the future of the swathe of northern Syria under its control, an alliance official said on Friday.

Between them the Damascus regime and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) control some 90 percent of the country, after a series of Russian-backed victories over opposition groups in recent months saw the regime reassert its authority over much of the south.

The delegation from the SDF's political wing is discussing the future of the autonomous administrations it has set up in areas of northern and northeastern Syria under its control, the alliance official said.

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