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Security for Kurds 'essential' for Syria to have secure future: German FM


Friday, 20 December, 2024 , 19:39 AFP Security for the Kurdish people is critical for Syria to have a secure future, Germany Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told her Turkish counterpart in Ankara on Friday.

In Damascus meeting, US drops reward for arrest of Syria's new leader


Friday, 20 December, 2024 , 19:27 AFP A senior US diplomat told Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on Friday that Washington was scrapping a reward for his arrest, and welcomed "positive messages" from their talks including a promise to fight terrorism.

Security for Kurds 'essential' for Syria to have secure future: German FM


Friday, 20 December, 2024 , 19:23 AFP Security for the Kurdish people is critical for Syria to have a secure future, Germany Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told her Turkish counterpart in Ankara on Friday.

US urges ceasefire around Syrian flashpoint city


Friday, 20 December, 2024 , 18:37 AFP A senior US diplomat said Friday that Washington was urging a ceasefire between Turkish-backed forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces around the flashpoint Syrian city of Kobane.

US diplomat urges ceasefire between pro-Turkish fighters and Syrian Kurds around flashpoint city


Friday, 20 December, 2024 , 18:29 AFP

US diplomats meet with Syria's new ruler


Friday, 20 December, 2024 , 15:10 AFP US diplomats met with Syria's new ruler on Friday, an official told AFP, as outside powers seek assurances the country's Islamist-led authorities will be moderate and inclusive.

Two journalists killed in north Syria by 'Turkish drone'


Friday, 20 December, 2024 , 15:06 AFP Two journalists from Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast have been killed, reportedly by a Turkish drone, while covering clashes between an Ankara-backed militia and US-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria, journalists' groups said Friday.

Kurdish fighters in Syria face dual threats


Friday, 20 December, 2024 , 13:05 AFP Kurdish fighters in northern Syria are increasingly under pressure from Turkish-backed armed groups while also fearing the new authorities in Damascus will upend their hard-won autonomy.

Time to 'eradicate' IS, Kurdish fighters in Syria: Erdogan


Friday, 20 December, 2024 , 11:44 AFP Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday it was time to destroy "terrorist" groups that posed a threat to Syria's survival, namely the Islamic State group jihadists and Kurdish fighters.

Time to 'eradicate' IS, Kurdish fighters in Syria: Erdogan


Friday, 20 December, 2024 , 11:26 AFP President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday it was time to destroy "terrorist" groups that posed a threat to Syria's survival, namely the Islamic State group jihadists and Kurdish fighters.