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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Turkey's pro-Kurdish party warns Syria violence threatens peace efforts

Syria Kurds Clashes - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish political party suggested on Tuesday that violence against Kurdish groups in Syria risks undermining fragile reconciliation efforts with Kurdish militants, who have fought a decadeslong insurgency inside Turkey.

The warning from Tulay Hatimogullari, co-chair of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party, or DEM, followed new clashes in Syria on Monday, which appeared to have shattered a ceasefire and integration deal that was reached only a day earlier between interim Syrian President Ahmad al‑Sharaa and the Kurdish‑led Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF.

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