Kurds declare federal region in Syria's north: officials

© AFP | Amer al-Halloush (C), a member of of the Syrian Democratic Council, the political branch of a Kurdish-Arab fighting force, pictured following a meeting in Rmeilan, in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, on March 16, 2016

RMEILAN (SYRIA) (AFP) -  Syria's Kurds on Thursday declared a federal region in the country's north, officials told AFP, as they seek further autonomy in areas under their control.
Two officials at talks involving Kurdish, Arab, and other parties in the town of Rmeilan said delegates had agreed on creating a "federal system" unifying the three mainly Kurdish cantons in northern Syria.

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