VOA Kurdish: Kurdistan Regional Government working to ease tensions in northeast Syria
Voice of America
KRG Council of Ministers, Dec. 11, 2024.
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is actively working behind the scenes to address escalating tensions in northeast Syria, an area under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces. According to Sardar Abdullah, a political observer and former Iraqi parliament member, the KRG is leveraging its relationships with the United States, Europe and Turkey to prevent a humanitarian and political disaster for the Kurdish people in this region.
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