{"id":130492,"date":"2025-10-02T10:39:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T10:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=130492"},"modified":"2025-10-02T10:39:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T10:39:56","slug":"british-officials-discuss-kurdish-equality-freedom-with-sdc-delegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/130492\/","title":{"rendered":"British officials discuss Kurdish equality, freedom with SDC delegation\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> British MP Stephen Yemm told North Press on Thursday that a meeting was held with a delegation from the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) on the sidelines of the ruling Labor Party\u2019s conference to discuss Kurdish equality and freedom in addition to fair and lasting solutions to issues in northern Syria.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yemm said that the discussions covered the Kurdish 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