President Donald Trump spoke by telephone with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on Monday to discuss the conflict between Sharaa’s forces and the Kurds of northeastern Syria who have complained of abuses by government troops and blamed them for releasing around 120 Islamic State terrorists from a Kurdish-run prison in Hasakah province.
According to Syria’s state-run SANA news agency, Trump and Sharaa “stressed the importance of preserving Syria’s territorial unity and independence, and supporting all efforts aimed at achieving stability” during their phone conversation.
SANA said the two leaders agreed on the “need to guarantee the rights and protection of the Kurdish people within the framework of the Syrian state,” and on the importance of working together against the resurgent Islamic State.
“President Al-Sharaa
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