Kurdish-led group to work with Syrian on ending war

BEIRUT – The Kurdish-led The Syrian Democratic Council said Saturday it has agreed to work with the Syrian government on ending seven years of violence in the

The SDC is the political wing of the US-backed Syria Syrian Democratic Forces in Syria

In May, President Syrian President Bashar Assad by the SDF. Assad's comments came as his strengths were scoring major victories over the past two years with the help of Russia and Iran and now control much of Syria.

Assad said in late May that he has opened the door to negotiations with the Kurdish-

Government forces and Syrian Kurds have sporadically clashed over the eastern oil province of Deir el-Zour. The United States, which supports the SDF, operates in the Kurdish-administered region.

The United States, which supports the SDF, operates in the Kurdish-administered region. 19659010] SDC said in a statement that during meetings with officials in the capital Damascus both sides agreed to form committees for further negotiations until they could "end violence and war."

a roadmap that leads to a "democratic decentralized Syria."

In southern Syria, troops pressed into their offensive against the IS-linked fighters capturing the village of Jamila and entering the city of Nafia, state TV said.

The TV aired footage from the southern region showing Syrian snipers taking positions as artillery and rockets hit areas controlled by the extremists. [196590] 15] The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor, said some rebels based in southern Syria who are still in the midst of the war.

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