Kurds solidify autonomy in Syria on eve of peace talks
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Kurds in Syria declared a provincial government in the north of the country on Tuesday, consolidating their geographic and political presence on the eve of peace talks in Switzerland at which they will not be represented.
The municipal council will run affairs in one of three administrative districts set up by Kurds, who have seized upon the chaos of Syria's civil war to assert control in the northeast of the country. (Reuters)
