Turkey’s top diplomat and military and intelligence chiefs visited Syria on Monday as a deadline to implement a deal between authorities in Damascus and Kurdish-led forces in the country’s northeast looms.
Appearing alongside his Syrian counterpart, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said the talks focused on the integration of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces into the new Syrian army, as well as on Israel’s military incursions in southern Syria and the fight against the Islamic State group.
“The stability of Syria has great importance to Turkey,” he said. Fidan headed a delegation that also included Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler and intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin. They met with Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa.
