As talks progress between the administration of northeast Syria (Rojava) and Damascus, there is an understanding that small units of the Kurdish-led security forces will remain in place, a Rojava representative in Washington told Rudaw on Friday.

Drug-related incarcerations have surpassed terror cases in Iraq, according to the Ministry of Justice.

Washington should use its “leverage” to help the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) strike a compromise with Damascus that is in the interest of both sides, a former US diplomat said on Friday, with talks appearing to have hit an impasse.

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