Kurdish leader reveals secret negotiations between the Kurds and the Syrian government under the auspices of Russia and Iran, with the Kurds present their conditions to hand over all SDF controlled area to the Syrian army

A leader in the “Syrian Democratic Council” has set conditions for accepting the return of the Syrian government to areas of SDF control in eastern Syria.

Leader member at the “Syrian Democratic Council”, Mustapha Mashayekh, told the Kurdish Rwandau Media Network on Tuesday that the government’s recognition that the Kurds represent the country’s second-largest nationality and the recognition of “self-management” and the extension of its powers are the council’s condition for any possible understandings with Damascus.

He added that the arrival of the Syrian army to the region to fill the vacuum is the best options, compared with the entry of “Turkish forces and its affiliates”.

But stressed that this should be done within the framework of some understandings.

He pointed out that within these conditions; “self-management” is currently in secret talks with Damascus at the base “Hamimim” southeast of the city of Latakia. Sponsored by Russia and Iran to discuss the process announced by Turkey on the eastern regions of the Euphrates.

As a result of the US decision to withdraw from Syria and the resulting vacuum in the region, there are scenarios about who will fill this vacuum, including the return of the Syrian government to receive part of these areas.

A source close to the “Democratic Union Party” told the Kurdish “Basneoz” news agency, that a meeting between members of the party and the Syrian government met last week, under the auspices of Russian-Iranian to discuss the process announced by Turkey on the areas of eastern Euphrates.

The source added that Damascus wants the “Democratic Union” to hand over all areas of the north of the country in exchange for preventing any Turkish invasion of the region.

He stressed the need to restore what he called “national sovereignty” over the north and the return of the administrative, security and military authority to the border areas with Turkey.

The Syrian Democratic Council’s joint chairman, Riad Derar, last week called on the Syrian government to “shoulder its responsibilities” in the face of possible attacks by Turkey on the areas of eastern Euphrates.

Two rounds of talks earlier between the two sides did not yield any results.

The first was in March of this year, during the Turkish intervention in the city of Afrin.

The “Syrian Democratic Council” appealed to the Syrian army to defend the city.

The second was in July, when a delegation from the Council headed by its Executive Chairman, Ilham Ahmed, visited for the first time the capital of Damascus for talks, but did not lead to tangible results.

In a related context, today entered the military vehicles belonging to the Syrian army forces to the town of Arima, west of the city of Manbej countryside Aleppo Eastern, in agreement with the units to protect the Kurdish people.

A military source told the Russian news agency “Sputnik” the return of the Russian focal point with a unit of the Syrian army to their positions in the town of Arima, in the countryside West of Manbej, north of Syria.

A military source told “Sputnik” that a unit of the Syrian army entered the sites in the town of Arima in the western countryside of Manbej, and reported the return of the Russian focal point to the town.

The large crowds of armed factions have moved towards the administrative border of the city of Manbej in preparation for the withdrawal of US forces and the battle expected to be announced by Turkey against the Kurdish units.

Reuters reported that fighters in factions backed by Ankara have strengthened their positions in the area around the city of Manbej as part of their readiness to withdraw US troops after Washington’s sudden decision to withdraw its troops.

A spokeswoman for the Syrian Democratic Forces, Cihan Ahmed, has confirmed that “SDF” doesn’t oppose raising the Syrian flag on government institutions in Manbej, and that it doesn’t seek to separate from Syria, but only wants to agree on self-management.

“We are part of Syria and we’re not advocates of separation, but we want to have an agreement on self-management to manage our own affairs within a free Syria”, Ahmed told Sputnik in response to a question about the fate of Manbej and raising the Syrian flag on government institutions in the city.