Turkey, Syria hold high-level security summit as SDF integration talks ramp up

Turkey, Syria hold high-level security summit as SDF integration talks ramp up

The summit comes as Turkey and Syria coordinate over the future of the Kurdish-led SDF, amid US mediation efforts to meet the year-end integration deadline with Damascus.

Turkish Defense Ministry calls on SDF to surrender weapons - Enab Baladi

Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Güler called on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and its affiliates, particularly in Syria, to halt what he described as their “terrorist activities.” On Saturday, October 11, Güler said, “The PKK and all its affiliated groups must immediately stop all terrorist activities.” He added, “All of its branches operating under different names and in various regions, especially in Syria, must immediately and uncondition…