Syria Kurds expected to declare federal system

Kurdish-led parties meeting in northern Syria are expected to declare a new federal system in areas under their control, Kurdish officials said on Wednesday. The move, which would expand an already existing system of self-administration, is likely to anger Turkey which is wary of any bid by Syrian Kurds to solidify their autonomy and their […]

Kurdish-led parties meeting in northern Syria are expected to declare a new federal system in areas under their control, Kurdish officials said on Wednesday.
The move, which would expand an already existing system of self-administration, is likely to anger Turkey which is wary of any bid by Syrian Kurds to solidify their autonomy and their control of territory.
Kurdish groups, which hold large stretches of northern Syria, have been excluded from ongoing peace talks in Geneva aimed at ending the country’s five-year conflict.
More than 150 delegates from Kurdish, Arab, Assyrian and other parties met Wednesday in the town of Rmeilan, in Syria’s northeastern Hasakeh province.