RMEILAN, Syria/GENEVA — Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Syria are expected to declare a federal system on Thursday, a move likely to further complicate peace talks in Geneva on ending more than five years of war.
Russia pulled more warplanes out of Syria, a new delivery of humanitarian aid reached northern Aleppo province and UN mediator Staffan de Mistura named a Russian academic to his team of advisers in a nod to Russia’s importance in ending fighting.
But despite a more than two-week-old “cessation of hostilities” and President Vladimir Putin’s decision to pull out of Syria some of the Russian forces that have …read more
Source: Jordan Times
