NORTHERN Syria’s Kurdish administration has urged Damascus to open a dialogue to avoid further conflict after the government warned the semiautonomous region to sever relations with US occupying forces.

Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) co-chairman Riyad Derar called for a return to the path of political settlement, saying that international forces in the country are “operating in their own interests.”

He claimed: “The US is present in the region to combat Isis. It will leave Syria when its mandate ends.