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Kurdish armed forces commander says fall of the regime is an opportunity to build “a new Syria based on democracy and justice that guarantees the rights of all Syrians”

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Mark Camilleri
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The commander of the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces Mazloum Abdi released a brief statement saying that the fall of the of the regime in Damascus is an opportunity to build a new Syria based on democracy and justice that guarantees the rights of all Syrians.

The statement may imply that the Kurds will not be fighting for a separate state which Turkey is adamantly against.

Kurdish forces have been clashing with the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army in Manbij.

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