The head of the Kurdish-led administration in northeastern Syria, Abdul Karim Saroukhan, poses for a picture in Amuda town, in Hasaka Governorate, March 1, 2017. Picture taken March 1, 2017.REUTERS/Rodi Said
BEIRUT/AMUDA, Syria (Reuters) - The Kurdish-led administration in northeastern Syria says a new land corridor to the government-controlled west marks an economic breakthrough for their autonomous region that has been under "siege" by hostile parties.
Abdul Karim Saroukhan, head of the Kurdish-led administration, also warned that Turkey risked igniting a new war in the north, where Ankara and its Syrian rebel allies have vowed to march on a city held by Kurdish-allied groups.
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