Syria’s Sharaa meets SDF Commander after new truce, but Kurdish leader reaffirms push for autonomy – Middle East Monitor

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa held two high-level meetings in Damascus on Tuesday, first with Mazloum Abdi, commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and later with a US delegation led by Special Envoy to Syria Thomas Barrack and Admiral Brad Cooper, head of US Central Command (CENTCOM).

The talks followed heavy clashes in Aleppo on Monday night between Syrian government troops and SDF fighters, which left dozens dead on both sides. The escalation has…