{"id":8686,"date":"2025-02-25T13:49:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T13:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/syria-begins-national-dialogue-but-without-kurdish-led-militia\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T13:49:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T13:49:19","slug":"syria-begins-national-dialogue-but-without-kurdish-led-militia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/syria-begins-national-dialogue-but-without-kurdish-led-militia\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria Begins National Dialogue but Without Kurdish-Led Militia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Syria\u2019s interim president called on Tuesday for unity and the rebuilding of his fractured nation during a two-day conference meant to chart a path forward after decades of dictatorship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Hundreds of participants attended the long-awaited \u201cnational dialogue\u201d to bring together the country\u2019s many religions and sects in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Monday and Tuesday. But at least one major player was absent: The Kurdish-led militia that controls much of Syria\u2019s northeast was not invited.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cSyria calls on you to stand together in unity and cooperation to heal its wounds, soothe its pain and support its recovery,\u201d the president, Ahmed al-Shara, said in an address to conference participants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-e0e16d6\">What is the national dialogue?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Arab and Western leaders have urged Syria\u2019s new rulers establish a representative government that is inclusive of all religious sects and ethnic groups before they can fully restore ties with Syria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. al-Shara, whose rebel coalition overthrew the longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad and seized control of Syria in early December, had promised to hold a national dialogue to discuss the formation of such a government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Syrian leaders have promoted the conference as the first step to drafting a new constitution for the country, which is likely to be a long-winded process that Mr. al-Shara has said could take as long as three years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While the conference was long awaited \u2014 especially since the government had set a March 1 deadline to begin the process of forming a representative government \u2014 it was hastily arranged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Invitations for the conference were sent out on Feb. 23, just one day before it began, to hundred of participants, including community leaders, academics and religious figures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Journalists, businessmen, activists, former detainees and some of the families of those who were killed or wounded in Syria\u2019s 13-year civil war were also invited.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-b35f28\">What about the Kurds?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. al-Shara has spoken of the need to unite Syria\u2019s many diverse groups to build a new nation. Syria is a Sunni-Muslim majority country, but has many religious and ethnic minorities including Alawites, Druse, Christians and Kurds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many in Syria, however, remain skeptical of the country\u2019s new Islamist leaders, with some criticizing the lack of minority representation at the conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Attempts to unify all of these communities have already met significant challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some Kurds, who make up some 10 percent of Syria\u2019s population, were invited to the national dialogue. But the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, a U.S.-backed militia that controls much of Syria\u2019s northeast, was not. Syria\u2019s interim government <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/14\/world\/middleeast\/syria-kurdish-militia.html\" title=\"\">has demanded that the militia disarm<\/a>, and join a unified national military force, as a condition of joining the dialogue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At the conference on Tuesday, Mr. al-Shara reaffirmed the need to bring the country\u2019s web of armed groups under state control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere are those who seek to undermine the achievements of the Syrian people, and we must firmly confront anyone who attempts to tamper with our security and unity,\u201d he said, without naming any particular group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The committee organizing the conference has previously said that the Syrian Democratic Forces do not represent all Syrian Kurds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Turkey, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/04\/world\/middleeast\/syria-turkey-al-shara-erdogan.html\" title=\"\">a close ally<\/a> of Mr. al-Shara\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/30\/world\/europe\/syria-president-ahmed-al-shara.html\" title=\"\">rebel group<\/a>, has for years sought to curb the power of the Syrian Democratic Forces, maintaining that the militia is linked to Kurdish separatist insurgents inside Turkey.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-e88141\">What will come of the dialogue?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many Syrians are skeptical about what a national dialogue may bring, especially in a deeply divided country where sectarian tensions are already <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/15\/world\/middleeast\/syria-justice-revenge-assad-crimes.html\" title=\"\">spilling over into revenge killings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Syrians are also wary of the promises of inclusivity coming from a government led by Mr. al-Shara\u2019s Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which has given government and ministerial positions to its own loyalists. It has yet to include other rebel groups, which helped oust Mr. Assad, in the government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The conference organizers have said that there is no direct link between the formation of the new Syrian government and the dialogue, though they are happening at the same time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Conference participants are expected to issue recommendations on the new government, as well as on the writing of a new constitution and laws. But it appears those recommendations will be nonbinding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cRecommendations from the National Dialogue will not be mere advice and formalities, but will be the basis for the provisional constitutional declaration, economic identity, and institutional reform plan,\u201d said Hassan al- Dughaim, the committee\u2019s spokesman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a 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