Syria's Sharaa meets with Turkey's Erdogan

Syria's caller interim person Ahmed al-Sharaa connected Tuesday met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan successful Ankara, wherever they discussed improved information ties and however to respond to Kurdish fighters successful northeastern Syria.

Sharra flew into Turkey from Saudi Arabia wherever helium sought Riyadh's backing to rebuild Syria aft a devastating 13-year civilian war.

After gathering with Sharaa, Erdogan said, "I would similar to explicit our restitution for the beardown committedness my member Ahmed al-Sharaa has shown successful the combat against terrorism."

As person of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, oregon HTS — agelong considered a violent radical by U.S. officials — Sharaa led a run successful December to wrest power of Damascus from ex-President Bashar al-Assad, whose formation to Russia ended much than a half-century of oppressive regularisation by Bashar and his precocious father, Hafez.

Turkey was a coagulated state to the forces seeking to oust Assad, including Sharaa and HTS.

Among the topics discussed successful Tuesday's gathering were the Syrian Kurdish militias successful northeastern Syria, wherever U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) person been warring Turkish-backed forces.

Turkey shares a 910-kilometer borderline with Syria and wants the SDF, which Turkey views arsenic an hold of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers, disbanded and removed from borderline regions.

Syria's caller rulers are reported to person called connected SDF to relinquish their weapons.

In an Associated Press report, SDF commandant Mazloun Abdi said helium precocious met with Sharaa successful Damascus and that negotiations are underway with mediators to find answers regarding the aboriginal of Syrian Kurds.

In addition, Turkey has besides called for the removal of Islamic State militants successful Syria.

Erdogan said helium told Sharaa that Turkey is "ready to supply the indispensable enactment to Syria successful the combat against each kinds of terrorism."

Also Tuesday, Syria's caller person invited Turkey's president to sojourn Syria "at the earliest opportunity."

Sharaa besides thanked Turkey for taking successful millions of Syrians who fled their homeland during the civilian war. He said Syria would "never hide [Turkey's] historical stance."

"That important enactment is inactive tangible done Turkey's ongoing efforts to guarantee the occurrence of the existent enactment successful Syria, politically and economically," Sharaa said.

Some accusation was provided from the Associated Press and Agence France-Presse.