Syria agrees ceasefire with Kurdish-led forces
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Syrian troops fighting U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces seized the Omar oil field, the country’s largest, and the Conoco gas field in the eastern Deir Zor province as allied Arab tribal forces advanced in the oil-rich area along the border with Iraq,
In the space of two days, the Syrian military, aided by tribal militia, has driven Kurdish forces from wide swathes of northern Syria that they have held for more than a decade.
US envoy Tom Barrack met SDF leader Mazloum Abdi in Erbil to discuss easing tensions between Kurdish forces and Damascus.
The United States disclosed plans on Friday to station its first ground troops in Syria for the war against Islamic State, saying dozens of U.S. soldiers would be sent as advisers to groups fighting the militants. Washington announced the small special ...
This comes after Syria's government announced its first formal recognition of Kurdish national rights since 1946.
The Syrian army continued its push into Kurdish-held territory on Saturday, despite U.S. calls to halt its advance in towns in the area in Syria's north.