The deal aims to stitch back together a country fractured by 14 years of war, paving the way for Kurdish-led forces which hold a quarter of Syria to merge with Damascus, along with regional Kurdish go

DAMASCUS: The United States encouraged its Syrian Kurdish allies to reach Monday’s landmark deal with the religious-led government in Damascus, six sources said, an agreement that could stave off further conflict in northern Syria at a time of uncertainty over the future of US forces deployed there.