{"id":126312,"date":"2025-06-01T12:50:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T12:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=126312"},"modified":"2025-06-01T12:50:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T12:50:27","slug":"first-meeting-between-aanes-and-syrian-government-focuses-on-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/126312\/","title":{"rendered":"First meeting between AANES and Syrian government focuses on education\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> A negotiator from the delegation of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) told North Press on Sunday that the first round of talks with the Syrian transitional government in Damascus focused on the education file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The first day of discussions concluded with an agreement to form two joint committees to resolve the issue of administering national 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