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A new chapter for Syria’s Kurds: What integration really means

A new chapter for Syria’s Kurds: What integration really means
France 24
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Syrian Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi announced the completion of integrating the Kurdish administration into Syrian state institutions, ending the Kurds' longstanding autonomy aspirations. The announcement follows months of negotiations after a January agreement calling for full integration of Kurdish civil and military institutions—a move Washington hailed as 'historic.'

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The integration of the Kurdish administration within Syria's state institutions is now complete, Syrian Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi said on Thursday, marking the end of the Kurds' long-held dream of autonomy. The announcement follows months of negotiations between the two sides after a January agreement that called for the full integration of Kurdish civil and military institutions into the state -- a move Washington deemed "historic". FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Andrew Hilliar tells us more.

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