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Syria’s Kurdish-led authorities negotiating US sanctions exemption – report Syria’s Kurdish-led authorities negotiating US sanctions exemption – report
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Kurdish-led authorities in northeastern Syria are in talks with their military allies in a US-led coalition on a promised exemption from US sanctions targeting the Syrian government, Reuters reported, citing a senior Kurdish official. Washington says the sanctions, which took effect last week, mark the start of a sustained campaign of economic and political pressure on President Bashar Assad. Kurdish-led authorities in northeastern Syria are in talks with their military allies in a US-led coalition over a promised exemption from US sanctions targeting the Syrian government, Reuters reported, citing a senior Kurdish official. Washington says the sanctions, which took effect last week, mark the start of a sustained campaign of economic and political pressure on President Bashar Assad.
Kurdish-led militia control northeastern Syria and fought to drive Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) jihadists out of swathes of Syrian territory.Kurdish-led militia control northeastern Syria and fought to drive Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) jihadists out of swathes of Syrian territory.
Badran Jia Kurd, a vice president of the regional administration, said the sanctions would have an impact on his area. It trades with government-held Syria via local merchants and uses the Syrian pound, which has plunged in value.Badran Jia Kurd, a vice president of the regional administration, said the sanctions would have an impact on his area. It trades with government-held Syria via local merchants and uses the Syrian pound, which has plunged in value.
“They told us the self-administration regions will be exempt from the Caesar sanctions but the mechanisms and means to achieve this exemption are being discussed with the international coalition,” Jia Kurd said. “They told us the self-administration regions will be exempt from the Caesar sanctions, but the mechanisms and means to achieve this exemption are being discussed with the international coalition,” Jia Kurd said.