Syria leader heads to Turkey to discuss rebuilding, Kurds

Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa visits Ankara on Tuesday for talks with Turkey’s leaders on rebuilding his land and the volatile issue of Kurdish fighters near the countries‘ border.Sharaa is scheduled to arrive mid-afternoon, flying in from Saudi Arabia where he made his first international visit since his Islamist-led rebels overthrew Syria’s longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad on December 8.The move left Syria — which shares a 900-kilometre (560-mile) border with Turkey — facing a fragile transition involving multiple territorial and governance challenges…
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