Members of leading Syrian Kurdish authorities not asked to national dialogue

QAMISHLI, Syria (Reuters) - Members of the Kurdish-run autonomous administration in northeast Syria and of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces did not receive invitations to a national dialogue set to take place in Damascus on Tuesday, officials said.

Farhad Shami, a spokesperson for the Syrian Democratic Forces, and Ilham Ahmad, a senior official from the autonomous administration, told Reuters on Monday that no members of their respective organisations had been invited to the conference.

(Reporting by Orhan Qereman; Writing by Maya Gebeily; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)

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