A member of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stands along a street, after rebels seized the capital and ousted Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, in Hasakah, Syria December 11, 2024. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
Jan 16 (Reuters) – An official with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Thursday the militant group would agree to leave northeastern Syria if the U.S.-allied Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) maintains a significant joint leadership role there.
“Any initiative resulting in the governance of northeastern Syria under the control of the SDF, or in which they have a significant role in joint leadership, will lead us to agree to leave the region,” the official at the group’s political office in northern Iraq said.
