{"id":4723,"date":"2019-01-31T23:24:08","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T23:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=4723"},"modified":"2019-01-31T23:24:08","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T23:24:08","slug":"syrian-kurds-tell-washington-they-may-join-forces-with-assad-if-us-pulls-out-of-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2019\/01\/31\/syrian-kurds-tell-washington-they-may-join-forces-with-assad-if-us-pulls-out-of-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"SYRIAN KURDS TELL WASHINGTON THEY MAY JOIN FORCES WITH ASSAD IF US PULLS OUT OF SYRIA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Source: Al Monitor<\/p>\n

By Jack Detsch<\/p>\n

A top Syrian Kurdish official visiting Washington today said US-backed fighters would consider integrating with Bashar al-Assad\u2019s forces after the United States completes its pullout from the war-torn country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Syrian Democratic Forces can be part of the new Syrian army,\u201d Ilham Ahmed, a leader in the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), said through an interpreter at the Middle East Institute today. \u201cThis is an alternative path for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ahmed, who leads the executive council of the SDC, the political wing of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, said the Donald Trump administration had not objected to Syrian Kurds opening up negotiations with Damascus.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey did not object clearly. They always tell us this is a Syrian affair,\u201d she said. \u201cBut they urged us, when you negotiate, you should come from a strong position.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more at: https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2019\/01\/syria-kurds-join-forces-assad-us-withdraw.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: Al Monitor By Jack Detsch A top Syrian Kurdish official visiting Washington today said US-backed fighters would consider integrating with Bashar al-Assad\u2019s forces after the United States completes its pullout from the war-torn country. \u201cThe Syrian Democratic Forces can be part of the new Syrian army,\u201d Ilham Ahmed, a leader in the Syrian Democratic… Continue reading SYRIAN KURDS TELL WASHINGTON THEY MAY JOIN FORCES WITH ASSAD IF US PULLS OUT OF SYRIA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conflict","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4724,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4723\/revisions\/4724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}