Middle East crisis live: Germany urges Israel to abandon plan for more Golan Heights settlements
‘Area controlled by Israel belongs to Syria and Israel is therefore an occupying power’, says German foreign ministry spokesperson Christian Wagner
Syria’s Kurds, who run a semi-autonomous administration in the north-east, called on Monday for an end to all fighting in the country and extended a hand to the new authorities in Damascus, Reuters reports.
In a statement at a press conference in Raqa, the Kurdish administration called for “a stop to military operations over the entire Syrian territory in order to begin a constructive, comprehensive national dialogue”, more than a week after Islamist-led rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad’s government.
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