agreed to form committees with the government of bashar al assad a leading member of the syrian democratic council told dizzier that they will work towards handing back territory under their control to the government while planning a democratic decentralized syria the s.t.c. is linked to the u.s. backed military alliance known as the syrian syrian democratic forces which controls much of north eastern syria let's get more on this now. is head of development and humanitarian affairs at the syrian democratic council she's now on the line from in northern syria good to have you with us kind of just before we begin our discussion here i just want to clarify something. with you. a leading member of the syrian democratic council told our sister network al jazeera arabic in arabic earlier that the committees will work towards handing back territory that are currently under their control to the syrian government did we get that right or something been lost there in translation. got. a little sorry i don't time i'm getting good connections kind of all thank you for a job you know what their current fade ba

working to hand back areas under their control to the government of bashar al assad the syrian democratic council made the announcement it's linked to the u.s. backed military alliance the as the syrian democratic forces which controls much of north east and syria the how to jump june has covered the syrian conflict extensively joins us now in the studio what's the significance of this moment look if this actually happens later and it will be extremely significant because we've had this meeting that started yesterday between the s.d.f. as the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces and this group called s.t.c. the syrian democratic council which is essentially the political wing of the s.d.f. they've been meeting with syrian government in damascus since yesterday that in itself is significant the fact that they're having this reproach month especially at a time when the syrian government and their forces are we taking so much territory in the south they're getting closer and closer to retaking control of the south and southeast and other areas as well so now you have the s.t.c. coming as they say th

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held areas of northern syria after a deal was brokered by russia and the kurdish backed syrian democratic council the s.t.c. is holding talks in damascus with the government of president assad along with members of the kurdish led syrian democratic forces e s c f now this is apparently the first time the s.c.f. have had talks with the syrian government the s.t.'s controls much of north eastern syria having driven eisel into retreat with u.s. support they say they want a new thomas area within the country but they are not seeking independence we can talk now to sin and cause the early our correspondent who's joining us live from istanbul in turkey because of course turkish authorities will be watching these negotiations very closely indeed see them. yes martin as you know for turkey an independent kurdish state by its border with syria or an autonomous kurdish enclave is actually a threat to its national security and territorial integrity so turkey is watching these lines very closely but according to these sources that i spoke in. since the turkish american corporation began over members in last