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Aldar Khalil (C),from the Movement for a Democtratic Society, and Sheikh Hamad Sheikh Shihadeh (R), the Naim clan chief in northern Syria, speak during a meeting of more than 150 delegates from Kurdish, Arab, Assyrian and other parties in the town of Rmeilan, in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, on March 16, 2016. Kurdish-led parties meeting in northern Syria are expected to declare a new federal system in areas under their control, Kurdish officials told AFP on Wednesday. The move, which would expand an already existing system of self-administration, is likely to anger Turkey which is wary of any bid by Syrian Kurds to solidify their autonomy and their control of territory. Kurdish groups, which hold large stretches of northern Syria, have been excluded from ongoing peace talks in Geneva aimed at ending the country's five-year conflict. / AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)