US-backed Syrian Kurdish militia offers rare apology to rivals amid unity talks - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Amberin Zaman

Jun 26, 2020

A patrol of US military vehicles is seen near the flying yellow flags of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and green flags of its constituent Women's Protection Forces (YPJ) in the town of Tal Tamr in the northeastern Syrian Hasakeh province along the border with Turkey on February 8, 2020. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP) (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images) — A patrol of US military vehicles is seen near the flying yellow flags of the Syrian Democratic Forces and green flags of its constituent Women's Protection Forces in the town of Tal Tamr in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province along the border with Turkey, Feb. 8, 2020. — DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images

Mazloum Kobani, Syrian Democratic Forces' (SDF) commander in chief, talks as he announces the destruction of Islamic State's control of land in eastern Syria, at al-Omar oil field in Deir Al Zor, Syria March 23, 2019. - RC1F71152EF0

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A Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) flag is pictured as Kurdish and Italian associations attend a rally against the visit of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on February 5, 2018 in Rome.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet Pope Francis on February 5, with a protest ban imposed in central Rome as feelings run high over Turkey's offensive against Kurdish militia inside Syria. Nevertheless a sit-in protest by 200 people, organised by a Kurdish association in Italy, was scheduled to take pla

US-backed Syrian Kurdish unity talks to resume amid mounting distrust

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Kurdish people carry flags as they celebrate the spring festival of Nowruz, in al-Darbasiyah town, on the Syrian-Turkish border, Syria March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Rodi Said - RC1F25CCC510

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Amberin Zaman

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