Kurdish leader informed Reuters on Sunday of negotiations taking place with Assad at Russian air base Syria, in light of Turkish against Kurds Syria. Syrian government forces are moving north towards Turkish-Kurdish battle zone. ... ..…
Ankara also said Turkish and allied Syrian rebel forces had seized a highway some 30-35 km (18-22 miles) into Syrian territory, which would sever a major artery linking the Kurdish-run regions of war-torn Syria’s north. . ..…
After civil war broke out in 2011, they took advantage of the chaos to set up an autonomous region in the north – to Turkey’s alarm. . Turkey has since carried two cross-border offensives targeting Kurdish forces in neighbouring Syria, in 2016 and last year. ..…