Syrian authorities, U.S. officials and the U.S.-backed YPG terrorist group have stepped up talks ahead of a year-end deadline to implement a long-delayed integration deal, according to several people involved in or familiar with the talks.
Discussions have accelerated in recent days despite growing frustrations over delays, according to the Syrian, Kurdish and Western sources who spoke to Reuters, some of whom cautioned that a major breakthrough βwas unlikely.
The interim Syrian government has sent a proposal to the YPG, the PKK terrorist groupβs Syrian offshoot that controls βthe country's northeast, according to five of the sources.
In it, Damascus expressed openne
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