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Source: https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/what-moves-putin-assad-erdogan-and-the-kurds/
Syrian Kurds Seek Autonomy under Assad
(Israel Hayom) Neville Teller - Several media commentators see the Kurdish-Syrian arrangement as a move forced by events on the reluctant Kurds. But the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), the political wing of the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), held direct talks in Damascus on July 27, 2018, in response to an invitation from the Syrian government. The Kurdish administration in northeastern Syria, known as Rojava, is not seeking independence but a degree of autonomy akin to the arrangement in Iraq, where an autonomous Kurdistan operates in alliance with the government.