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Syria's Kurds Demand 'Democratic Decentralised' Syria

Mazloum Abdi (C), commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said the conference of Kurdish parties 'does not aim, as some say, at division' of Syria (Credit: AFP)

Syria's Kurdish parties on Saturday adopted a joint political vision calling for a "decentralised democratic" state in Syria with guarantees for Kurdish rights.

Their statement came at the end of a conference held in Qamishli, northeastern Syria, where a top Kurdish official disputed suggestions that the meeting sought division following the fall of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.

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