Syrian Democratic Forces

Beirut witnessed a flurry of meetings with delegations from Syria this week - both Damascus and the northeast - seeking to solve security-related issues

The New Arab Staff
30 October, 2025
Military vehicles that the US military sent as a reinforcement, convoy to the bases controlled by PKK/YPG in Deir ez-Zor province in Syria, on August 13, 2023. (Photo by Omer Al Diri/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Mazloum Abdi (Kobani), who heads the Kurdish-led, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), speaks during an interview with AFP on October 10, 2023 in Syria's northern city of Al-Hasakeh. (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Foreign Minister of the Syrian Interim Government Asaad Hassan Al Shibani meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 12 January 2025
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Syrian security forces, affiliated with the transitional government, stands guard in a street in the capital Damascus
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