Assad adviser rejects idea of granting Syrian Kurds autonomy

A senior adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday flatly rejected the idea of giving Syrian Kurds a measure of autonomy, saying such a move would open the door to the partition of the country.

"Autonomy means the partition of Syria. We have no way to partition Syria," she told Reuters on the sidelines of a Middle East conference in Moscow organized by the Valdai Discussion Club.

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                                <div style="background:#fff; padding:15px 15px; border:1px solid #D3D3D3;"><div style="float:left; width:140px;"><a href="https://valdaiclub.com" style="display:block; margin-bottom:10px;"><img style="width: 140px;" alt="Valdai Club" src="https://valdaiclub.com/local/templates/valdaiclub-18/img/logo-small-en.gif"></a><a style="display:block;" href="https://valdaiclub.com/about/media/assad-adviser-rejects-idea-of-granting-syrian-kurds-autonomy/"><img style="width: 140px;" src="https://valdaiclub.com/upload/resize_cache/placeholder/295_185_2/placeholder-1200x630.jpg" alt="Assad adviser rejects idea of granting Syrian Kurds autonomy" title="Assad adviser rejects idea of granting Syrian Kurds autonomy"></a><div style="font:normal 14px Helvetica; margin:5px 0;">20.02.2019</div></div><div style="margin-left:160px;font:bold 16px Helvetica;"><a href="https://valdaiclub.com/about/media/assad-adviser-rejects-idea-of-granting-syrian-kurds-autonomy/" target="_blank" style="display:block; text-decoration:none; padding:3px 0;"><span style="color:#000; font:bold 16px Helvetica;">Assad adviser rejects idea of granting Syrian Kurds autonomy</span></a><div style="color:#1caadb;font:bold 14px Helvetica;margin-bottom: 5px;"></div><a href="https://valdaiclub.com/about/media/assad-adviser-rejects-idea-of-granting-syrian-kurds-autonomy/" style="text-decoration:none;color:#000; font:normal 14px Helvetica; padding:5px 0;">A senior adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday flatly rejected the idea of giving Syrian Kurds a measure of autonomy, saying such a move would open the door to the partition of the</a></div> <div style="clear:both;"></div></div>

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