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US steered Syrian Kurds toward Damascus deal, sources say

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U.S. encouraged Syrian Kurdish allies to reach deal with Islamist -led government, sources say.

Agreement paves way for Kurdish -led forces, which hold a quarter of Syria , to merge with Damascus .

Key details of how this will happen have yet to be spelled out, however.

The deal comes at a time of uncertainty over the future of American forces deployed in Syria .

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