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| US says would not recognize Kurdish region in Syria |
| 2016-03-17 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The United States warned Wednesday that it would not recognize an attempt by Kurdish groups in war-torn Syria to form an autonomous federal region. Washington has supported and encouraged the Kurdish parties of the area in their fight against a common foe, the ISIS turban group. But the State Department said Wednesday it would not support the breakup of the country and that any new federal model would have to emerge from peace talks. "We've been very clear that we won't recognize any self-rule autonomous zones within Syria," front man Mark Toner told news hounds. "This is something that needs to be discussed and agreed upon by the relevant parties in Geneva and then by the Syrian people themselves." Representatives of Bashir al-Assad's government and of the opposition ranged against him are negotiating an end to the civil war under UN auspices in Geneva. But parties representing Syria's Kurdish minority have not been invited to the talks and are instead trying to create a unified region of their own. Any bid to expand an existing system of self-rule will anger ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , wary of anything that might encourage Kurdish separatism within its own borders. More than 150 delegates from Kurdish, Arab, Assyrian and other parties met Wednesday in Rmeilan, in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province. The meeting adjourned in the early evening and will reconvene on Thursday, when a decision on declaring a semi-autonomous northern region will be announced. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Recognize a Syrian Kurdish state and you create half of a revived Kurdistan. The other half is in Turkey and our NATO ally Turkey would be outraged. OTOH, remembering many of their slights over the decade maybe we approach a ..."rats ass" level of interest. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2016-03-17 22:18 |
| #3 Our current regime doesn't recognize American regions in the US. Texas, California etc. are considered open, international areas where anyone can go, stay and expect lots of freebies. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-03-17 07:24 |
| #2 The Kurds reply "Nichevo". |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-03-17 05:21 |
| #1 Since the Kurds have been our allies in the fight against ISIS, they, in Kerry's mind, have committed the sin of being our allies. Therefore it is entirely just to exclude them from peace negotiations and oppose their own efforts to organize the areas under their control in Syria. This is exactly what the British did to the Jews of Palestine, who served as Commandoes in the British army while no Arab in the entire middle east lifted a finger for the British. So the British convened a group to plan for the future of the area. That group was given the name of the Arab League, and naturally the Jews were not invited. This did not end well for the British. Kerry's plan won't end well for us. |
| Posted by: Grins Snese4215 2016-03-17 01:35 |