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Syrian Kurds announce federal region in northern Syria

By Erika Solomon and Mehul Srivastava, 17 March 2016
A man holding the flag of the Syrian Kurdish People's Democratic Union Party (PYD) (photo credit: AFP)
A man holding the flag of the Syrian Kurdish People's Democratic Union Party (PYD) (photo credit: AFP)
<p>The Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and several allied groups have voted to create an autonomous federation in the northern part of Syria.</p><p>PYD officials claimed autonomy for the Kurdish-controlled areas on Thursday after two days of&nbsp;meetings with delegates of different communities in the region.<span style="line-height: 20.4px;">Representatives of the Kurdish, Arab, Assyrian communities and other ethnic groups met in the town of Rmeilan in&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 20.4px;">Hassakeh province to discuss bringing three Kurdish-led autonomous areas under the umbrella of a federal system.<br></span></p>
Read the full article here: Aljazeera