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Syria Offensive Leaves Turkey's Kurds on Edge
Turkey-backed offensives in northern Syria seized key Kurdish areas, raising tensions and protests that threaten fragile peace talks with the Kurdistan Workers' Party, which has ended armed struggle.
- Earlier this month Syrian troops made rapid advances in Kurdish-held areas and President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced a ceasefire deal to enforce integration plans, pushing SDF forces from Aleppo and taking Raqa.
- Damascus aims to integrate the SDF into the central state, and Ankara backed the offensive as a 'fight against terrorism' while holding talks with jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan.
- On Monday, at least 500 protesters rallied in Diyarbakir despite heavy snow, with Turkish police using tear gas and rubber bullets and making at least 20 arrests as DEM leaders condemned the operation as a threat to the peace process.
- The offensive undermines Kurdish hopes for preserved autonomy, delivering a tough blow to the autonomous Kurdish administration and risking Ankara's efforts to resolve the decades-long PKK conflict, Bayram Bozyel said.
- Last year the PKK announced the end of its armed struggle after Abdullah Ocalan's call, and Commander Amed Malazgirt said `All the steps initiated have been implemented... there will be no further actions taken`, though leaders said further steps depend on Turkish reciprocity.
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