Kurds to declare federal system in Northern Syria

Kurds are to declare a federal system in Northern parts of Syria, Kurdish officials told reporters on Wednesday.

The move would see three Kurdish governed regions be merged into a federal region, and follows a meeting in the Syrian town of Rmeilan on Wednesday.

"The gathering will try to develop a new ruling system in northern of Syria," Sihanuk Dibo, a consultant to Syria's key Kurdish political group, the Democratic Union Party (PYD) told AFP.

"All the suggestions are now heading towards federalism," he added.

Denying the moving was a step towards independence, a PYD media spokesperson told AFP.

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