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Biden's envoys visit North Eastern Syria to reassure Mazloum Abdi

US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Joey Hood. © Reuters

North-East Syria's separatist Kurds, anxious about the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, received a US delegation recently and promises of continued support but no concessions to their demands for international recognition. [...] (320 words)

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