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Al Manar
3 days ago
- Politics
- Al Manar
Syria: SDF Delegation Visits Damascus as ‘Israel' Strikes Latakia, Tartus
A delegation representing Kurdish forces which control northeast Syria is to meet the new administration, Syrian media reported on Saturday, a day after the Israeli enemy launched strikes targeting Latakia and Trtus in the Arb country's northwest. Kurdish media reported that Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) delegation is en route to Damascus to discuss the future of northern Syria with head of the new administration Ahmad Al-Sharaa's government. #BREAKING: A delegation from northeast Syria (Rojava), formed last month as part of the March 10 agreement between the SDF and Damascus, is en route to the capital for key talks with the interim government regarding the future of Rojava. 📸: Ronahi TV — Rudaw English (@RudawEnglish) May 31, 2025 Earlier on Friday, regional broadcaster Shams TV aired an interview with SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi, who said that his group is in direct contact with Turkey and revealed behind-the-scenes negotiations with Damascus. Commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces, General Mazloum Abdî, on Al-Shams TV channel -We are open to dialogue with HTS within the framework of political decentralization. -We have formed a joint delegation from the Kurdish National Council and the Autonomous… — Rojava Network (@RojavaNetwork) May 30, 2025 Abdi in March signed a deal with Al-Sharaa to incorporate the semi-autonomous administration of northeast Syria into the main state institutions based in Damascus. Israeli strikes On the other hand, the Israeli occupation army carried out airstrikes in Latakia and Tartus in northwestern Syria late on Friday, targeting alleged 'storage facilities' containing 'missiles,' resulting in one fatality and property damage. ⚡️Israeli Army: 'We targeted surface-to-sea missiles in Latakia that threaten our freedom of movement in the Mediterranean.' — War Monitor (@WarMonitors) May 30, 2025 One civilian was martyred in the strikes that targeted an area between the villages of Zama and Burj Islam in southern Latakia, while another targeted the outskirts of Tartus port, causing property damage. The Israeli enemy has attacked sites in Syria multiple times since the ouster of former President Bashar Al-Assad in December. Occupation forces have taken large swaths of Syria's south including the Syrian controlled Golan Heights which also includes the strategic Mount Hermon.
Shafaq News
27-04-2025
- Politics
- Shafaq News
No stability without partnership: Syria's warning to SDF
Shafaq News/ Recent statements and actions by the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) violate the agreement struck with transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa and risk 'dangerous' breaches of the country's sovereignty, Syria's Presidency said on Sunday. The pact, announced in March, was meant to be 'a first step toward an inclusive national vision' that rejected any bid to impose partition and drew a 'red line' under the unity of Syria's land and people, the Presidency said in a statement carried by state media. Warning of practices that suggest 'dangerous trends toward demographic change' in parts of the northeast, the statement added that the SDF leadership could not monopolize decision-making in a region where 'Arabs, Kurds, Christians and otherscoexist.' 'Confiscating the decision of any component and monopolizing its representation is unacceptable; there will be no stability and no future without genuine partnership and fair representation of all parties,' the statement said. The presidency insisted that the rights of 'our Kurdish brothers and all components of the Syrian people are safeguarded within the single Syrian state' and require no outside 'guardianship.' 'The solution in Syria can only be Syrian, preserving the country's unity and sovereignty and rejecting all forms of foreign interference,' it concluded. The SDF did not immediately respond to the statement, but it has long argued that self-administration is needed to protect Kurds and other minorities after years of ISIS rule and Turkish incursions.
