Syria's Kurds hail 'positive impact' of Turkey peace talks

Efforts to broker peace between Turkey and the Kurdish militant group PKK have had a "positive impact" on Syria's Kurds who also want dialogue with Ankara, one of its top officials said Saturday.

Earlier this year, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) ended its four-decade armed struggle against Turkey at the urging of its jailed founder Abdullah Ocalan, shifting its focus to a democratic political struggle for the rights of Turkey's Kurdish minority.