QAMISHLI: Syria’s foreign minister and a senior official in the country’s Kurdish administration have met in Damascus, sources from both sides told AFP on Tuesday, days after the government boycotted talks in France. Damascus had said it would not participate in the Paris talks after the Kurds hosted a meeting last week involving Syria’s Druze and Alawite minority communities, which have been subjected to sectarian violence in recent months.

Government source says recent Kurdish-led conference ‘dealt blow’ to talks on implementing a March integration deal.

QAMISHLI: Syria’s foreign minister and a senior official in the country’s Kurdish administration have met in Damascus, sources from both sides told AFP on Tuesday, days after the…