The big question now is whether the PKK will actually heed this call by Ocalan and if PKK affiliates will agree.
Regional leaders welcome calls for the PKK to lay down arms and dissolve.
Five members of the seven-strong preparatory committee are either in HTS or close to the group, and there are no Druze or Alawite members, both of which are significant minorities in Syria.
NATO member Turkey has long backed Syria's armed and political opposition to ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, who was toppled in late December.
Under current considerations, Kurdistan is where Iran’s logistical access to its proxies can be disrupted.
Syrian Kurdish leader Ilham Ahmed says Israel must be part of the solution for Middle East security as tensions rise between the SDF and Islamist rulers in Damascus.
Abdul Latif Rashid discussed Iraq-Iran relations and Iraqi sovereignty at Davos.
Turkey’s founding ideology continues to erase Kurdish identity through systemic racism.
Syria's new defense minister accused the Syrian Defense Forces of delaying negotiations.
"Everyone should take their hands off Syria and we, along with our Syrian siblings, will crush the heads of Islamic State, the YPG and other terrorist organizations in a short time."
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