“We are focused on it and pressing for restraint,” another of the U.S. officials said. Ilham Ahmed, an official in the Syrian Kurds’ civilian administration, told President-elect Donald ...

ILHAM AHMED in her office. (credit: JONATHAN SPYER) They reject any possibility of a federal system for Syria. The new rulers also dismiss any continued role for the SDF, either as a separate ...

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Last week, Ilham Ahmed, an official in an SDF political wing, told The National that the militia will not give up their weapons as long as ISIS remains active on Syrian territory. HTS have largely ...

The delegation, pictured at the French Senate and National Assembly on 17 February. Ilham Ahmed, Co-Chair of Foreign Relations for the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), and ...

Co-chairperson of the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Council Ilham Ahmed told TASS that she had arrived in Brussels to voice this position. Read also Turkey strikes 181 ‘terrorist facilities’ in ...

"It's a necessity to keep weapons because there is a fight against ISIS," Ilham Ahmed said. "We’ll also have to be reinforced, because it’s obvious that recently ISIS has resurfaced even ...