Paris to host Syria talks with US on integrating Kurds 'in near future'

Syria, France and the United States said they agreed Friday to convene “as soon as possible” talks in Paris to integrate the autonomous Kurdish administration into the Syrian state.

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The Kurds, who control large swathes of northeast Syria, are negotiating with the central government in Damascus on the integration of their civil and military institutions into the state.

Those include the US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).